Well, whether I would buy the KPA800 for $2.8K depends
on the bells and whistles list. And, whether there
are toroids to wind and prep.....my eyes and nose is
still trying to recover from the burning enamel
insulation from over a month ago. The winding wasn't
bad just the fumes...anyone have an MSDS on the
enamel?
It might be interesting to note that Ameritron has a
600 watt solid state amp with power supply for $1300
including a newly released switching power supply. (I
believe that includes shipping from HRO.) It does not
have many bells and whistles. As a minimum you would
need to add another $500-$600 for a tuner. So it
looks like $2.8K for 800 watts with all the goodies
might be a somewhat reasonable ball park price.
However, that is getting into the region that only the
dedicated and financially able ham will consider. Not
sure how many are going to be sold to the rank and
file ham. That begs another question as to where
Elecraft is going and it's future if they are going to
target the elite of the hobby. I'm sure some soul
searching has gone on by the good folks in Aptos.
Marketing is always ahead of a product in making a
successful company.
It will be interesting to see how all this will play
out over the next 2-3 years. I really enjoy my K2.
But, this gives me a desire to pause and see what
happens.
Jim, AB0UK
K2, S/N 4787
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