[Elecraft] KW Amp Prices

[frank]

All of the current breed of KW solid state amps use
8 each MRF-150 Mosfets in the output stage.   1000 watts
keydown output is the maximum you can squeeze out of those
8 transistors and still have a margin of safety.
The least expensive of the lot is the new Tokyo Hypower
HL2KFX at around $2600 plus $330 shipping.  Its a bare
bones KW amp at 54 lbs with its built in switching power supply.
If you add a KW autotuner to the combination, the price starts
to get up near the $4000 range.  Very few in the hobby can afford it.
 So there is a very limited prospect for sales unless the price could
be kept below 3K.   Here is the web link for a very interesting amp.

http://www.thp.co.jp/thp%20hp%20Eng/amateur_eng/hf_eng.htm#2kfx

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