Posted by
Gary Gregory on
Apr 02, 2011; 11:47am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KPA500-tp6232991p6233693.html
*Geoff,*
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***When you look at the THP products you will see quality inside. The
KPA-500 is an extremely good design with excellent specs and if you use an
amplifier you want it to be clean, robust and simple to use...the KPA-500
meets all the above.*
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*Now if you look at the Ameritron product you will notice the quality of the
design/build IS lacking and is priced accordingly.*
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*I have had many amplifiers including solid state units and I can tell you I
have done everything to break the one I have for field test and it has
performed flawlessly.*
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*I don't have shares in Elecraft but I am a convert to their products after
many years of throwing my money away on equipment that needed upgrading to
meet my requirements and that always entailed buying a new model.*
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*Whatever decision you make, try before you buy because nobody wants to pay
top dollar for an average amplifier on the used market.*
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*YMMV*
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*73's*
*Gary
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On 2 April 2011 19:10, Geoff Wolf <
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> Well for myself anyway, I wouldn't say that the price of the thing
> wouldn't matter. It seems to me anyway that $2K seems a bit high. I'm
> imaging that most of the discussion on price so far has been
> speculation.
>
> I'm in the process of getting my feet wet with Elecraft. I'm hoping to
> have a K3 with a P3 up and running by the end of May. Since I'm
> setting up my first shack, I'm not diving into the pool of kickers
> just yet. However, I'm leaving room in my antenna plans, etc. for an
> amplifier down the road. I've figured that picturing a ~500W would be
> pretty spot on. I don't want to start getting close to a kW since the
> extra power starts to bring unwanted consequences.
>
> The KPA500 is news to me as of tonight. I'm glad to see that Elecraft
> is really widening their RF product line to include this kind of
> stuff. I can definitely say that I'll be keeping an eye out for the
> KPA500 in the future be because it's a perfect match for the K3.
>
> Can't wait for the details!
>
> Geoffrey Wolf
> University of Pittsburgh '14
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> On Apr 1, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Martin Staffa <
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> > Does anybody know the cost of this unit? Not that it will matter Hi N1KGP
> > Martin
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