[Elecraft] Elecraft - Full Line Manufacturer

[Richard Thorne]

I agree with Vic:

An amp capable of 300 to 400 watts, 160m through 6m, would be nice.  
I've been running my current station with a 200 watt rig with great 
success. I have a K3 on order and I'm looking at amplifiers to go with 
it.  Solid state is a must for auto band switching.

Tokyo High Power has come out with a new one, 300 to 400 watts and 
requires 35 amps at 13.8v.  Unfortunately it doesn't cover 160 or 6.  A 
matching Elecraft would be preferred.

Rich - N5ZC

Vic K2VCO wrote:
> Lee Buller wrote:
>
>> Could there be a middle ground where a KW SS amp can come in at an
>> affordable price...say below 1500 to 2000 bucks? 
>
> I suspect this is hard to do. Although a SS amplifier itself is 
> simple, by the time you get the power supply, the protective 
> circuitry, the pretty-much mandatory antenna tuner, etc., the price 
> climbs.
>
> I have another idea. Personally, I don't want (another) KW+ amplifier. 
> Too big, too much money, and too much RFI potential (I know, it's not 
> my fault, but I still hate those phone calls).
>
> But an extra 6 dB would definitely make a difference in pileups and 
> marginal conditions.
>
> What I want to see is a 400-watt "KPA400" to *replace* the KPA3 
> 100-watt amp in the K3.
>
> It would require beefing up the KAT3 and possibly the heatsink and 
> fans. It would be best to run it on 48v or so; that would give better 
> IMD performance on SSB and make the current draw more reasonable. 
> Possibly Elecraft could also sell a 12/48v power supply. It would also 
> be possible to add a class-A mode for SSB for even cleaner signals.
>
> The main thing is that I think this could fit in the existing K3 
> package, which would make it *very* appealing.