Was at Pacificon today. The KPA500 looks amazingly small. About the same size as the K3, but 500 watts with a self-contained AC power supply. The integration with the K3 is pretty impressive, also. The delay in releasing it is rumored to be due, among other things, to waiting for FCC's seal of approval to work its way through the bureau.
The 500 watt external antenna tuner (ANT500?) that Elecraft is rumored to be working on as a companion to the KPA500 sounds like a dynamite product -- when it ever sees the light of day. It is rumored to be a remotable, rf-sensing, automatic, balanced, 500 watt tuner. I think lots of people would buy it to run with a barefoot K3/100, even if they don't get a KPA500. Would be great between your ladder line and your coax run. Oliver W6ODJ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Hello Oliver,
Great, so my next question will be "What is the added up price for KPA500 + ANT500?" Sometimes, the total bill could be handsome. With the weakening of US against JPY, buying from US becomes attractive. Pacificon next year sounds great to me because I may have sight seeing among the various local attractions in CA as well. I have been various parts of the world but have never been in west coast US. 73 Johnny VR2XMC www.qrz.com/callsign/vr2xmc ________________________________ 寄件人﹕ O. Johns <[hidden email]> 收件人﹕ Elecraft <[hidden email]> 傳送日期﹕ 2010/10/17 (日) 10:59:07 AM 主題: [Elecraft] pacificon Was at Pacificon today. The KPA500 looks amazingly small. About the same size as the K3, but 500 watts with a self-contained AC power supply. The integration with the K3 is pretty impressive, also. The delay in releasing it is rumored to be due, among other things, to waiting for FCC's seal of approval to work its way through the bureau. The 500 watt external antenna tuner (ANT500?) that Elecraft is rumored to be working on as a companion to the KPA500 sounds like a dynamite product -- when it ever sees the light of day. It is rumored to be a remotable, rf-sensing, automatic, balanced, 500 watt tuner. I think lots of people would buy it to run with a barefoot K3/100, even if they don't get a KPA500. Would be great between your ladder line and your coax run. Oliver W6ODJ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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