[Elecraft] PROs/CONs on KPA100

[Darwin, Keith]

I built mine in early Dec 06.  Worked fine the first time.  I love the
way it integrates with the rig and it works just fine.

The only disappointment is the fan.  As others have said, it is noisy.
I have a muffin fan that I set on top of the heat sink to keep the
built-in whizzer fan from coming on.  It works but it too generates a
bit of low-level noise in the shack.

Knowing what I now know, yes, I'd buy it again.  CW at 12 watts is fun
but sometimes that extra 80 watts makes the difference.

- Keith N1AS -
- K2 5411.ssb.100 -
 

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If you have the KPA100 option installed I would be interested in hearing
your take on it.  I'm mainly interested in the things that you found out
(good and otherwise) after you installed it as opposed to what you
considered before buying it.