Re: amp

Posted by Mike K2MK on Apr 27, 2012; 9:10pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/amp-tp7504795p7507447.html

Hi Scott,

People are buying foreign made solid state legal limit amps like the Tokyo Hy-Power HL2.5FX and SPE EXPERT 2K-FA at $6000 plus. I hope the success of the KPA500 leads Elecraft to reconsider either a 1KW or 1.5KW amp.

73,
Mike K2MK

Scott Manthe-2 wrote

Wayne and Eric have been pretty honest in the past as to why they don't
currently offer a legal-limit amp, water or air-cooled: price point. The
KPA-1500 would've had to sell for about $6K in kit form, and apparently,
the Elecraft team thought that was too much. Having spent too much time
drooling on it at Dayton, it would've been nice to see it brought to
market, but at that price point, I can understand why Wayne and Eric
decided against it.

73,
Scott, N9AA