[Elecraft] KW Amp Prices

[Paul Gates]

So far I have not heard anyone mention the BEST amps made in Colorado. At 
2:55AM in the morning I can't recall the name but they are commercial grade. 
Ten Tec manufactures some very good amps as well
pearly
Paul Gates
Elecraft K1 #231
kd3jf at hotmail.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DYARNES at aol.com>
To: <w7is at intergate.com>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KW Amp Prices


>
> In a message dated 4/25/2005 9:15:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> w7is at intergate.com writes:
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
> Although I can afford it, they will play "H E double toothpick" selling me
> one at anything close to that price--probably at any price.  Amps are, in 
> my
> view, the most overpriced pieces of gear in the hamshack.  If you spend 
> one
> tenth of that amount sprucing up your antenna system you will get more 
> benefit.
>  The worst thing that ever happened to ham radio was when they  allowed
> amplifiers that run more power than the local commercial radio  station. 
> The U.K.
> allows, I think, a maximum of 400 watts---or is that  Australia?  Anyway,
> that's plenty!  From that level, the most you can  improve your signal is 
> about 1
> "S" unit--unless you cheat!  Anything more  than a couple hundred watts 
> just
> creates QRM--it becomes brute force  rather than technique!  Obviously I'm
> spitting in the wind, but I just  don't see the fun of running that much 
> power.
> In truth, I'm just a tad  disappointed that a company, which has such 
> strong
> roots in lower power  equipment and innovation, finds it necessary to jump 
> into
> the QRO market.   I realize that everyone has to make a living somehow, 
> but
> the incredible talent  in that company could seemingly be much better 
> utilized
> in a thousand other ways  than amps.  I can only conclude that the markup 
> must
> be phenominal!
>
> Dave W7AQK
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