Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 142, Issue 38

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How many people would it take to put $1000 or $2000 down toward a KPA1500
for Elecraft to produce it?  I would, for one.  And, I think I'm hearing
quite a few people who would be in line for one, even knowing that the amp
would be considerably more expensive than the KPA500.  It sounds like a lot
of the ground work is already done in the prototype.  Wayne had his way with
the QRP KX3...now it's Eric's turn... hi hi.  Eric or Wayne -- comment??
73, Greg-N4CC

Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:02:00 -0600
From: Clay Autery <[hidden email]>
To: Guy Olinger K2AV <[hidden email]>
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500
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I realize and agree with all of what you said...  I would ONLY want to
see the piece produced if it made sense for both sides of the
equation...  I wouldn't want anything to be done that might jeopardize
the company's viability/longevity.

I want them to be here LONG after I'm gone...  Hopefully, long after my
sons have wrung the last bit of usefulness from all my Elecraft gear
that I leave behind!  :)

But I'm still pulling for them to be presented with a way to put one of
these in my hands!

73,

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On 2/19/2016 2:30 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:

> Lots of possible reasons why Elecraft might not do a 1500, but
> specifically price breaks and unwillingness to adopt a product that
> from other manufacturers has proven problematic at our price range for
> well understood reasons. Elecraft has been conservative about
> introductions, and that plays well for what they *do* produce.
>
> Ignore the boo-bird gallery on this reflector and note long term
> performance of other ham manufacturers including near death brushes or
> full on encounters with bankruptcy. Elecraft *grew* their business
> during the great recession. Financially stable and responsive to
> customers with great products. Hard to find combo, generally.
>
> Personally I'll let 'em do whatever they want (as if I could really
> affect that). They *might* put out a 1500, which I would buy in a
> heartbeat for the integration. But it wouldn't be a hacksaw job and it
> wouldn't put their balance sheet near the edge, and it *would* have
> gotten past all those issues that 1500's seem to be dogged with.
>
> 73, Guy
>
> On Friday, February 19, 2016, Clay Autery <[hidden email]
> <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>
>     Shhhhh...  We're starting a ground-swell...  <grin>
>

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[Kevin Stover]

Apparently the principals at Elecraft have decided, quite some time ago,
not to offer a 1500W amp.
If you want an SSPA that will do 1.5K spend the $8K for the SPE 2KFA.
If you think Elecraft can produce an amp of that caliber for less than
$8K I've got some lakefront property for sale.

There simply aren't enough hams ready, willing and able to spend that
kind of money to make it economically viable.

They'll get killed by the amp competition. As soon as all the fan boys
with money are exhausted the market will dry up.
$8K+ for an Elecraft SSPA or less than half that for an Ameritron
AL-1500...and before you go down the "Ameritron is  crap" road... a
bunch of real famous contesters use the AL-1500 and win with it.

On 2/19/2016 9:52 PM, Greg wrote:

> How many people would it take to put $1000 or $2000 down toward a KPA1500
> for Elecraft to produce it?  I would, for one.  And, I think I'm hearing
> quite a few people who would be in line for one, even knowing that the amp
> would be considerably more expensive than the KPA500.  It sounds like a lot
> of the ground work is already done in the prototype.  Wayne had his way with
> the QRP KX3...now it's Eric's turn... hi hi.  Eric or Wayne -- comment??
> 73, Greg-N4CC
>
>
>

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