[Elecraft] KPA-800 any news at Dayton?

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Larson..so glad to hear from you again, its been such a long time! 

I really thought it unfair that you pulled so much prison time for that 

stock you sold in your underground antenna scheme. 



Anyway. hope to hear more from you. 



73, 

Doug 

W6JD 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq at carolina.rr.com> 
To: dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de, "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr at arrl.net> 
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 2:00:41 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA-800 any news at Dayton? 

Elecraft is working on a firmware update which will enable the K3's 800w or 
1500w feature. I believe some minor changes to the DC power input will be 
required however, cooling is already adaquate. No external hardware will be 
necessary and the update is free. The firmware update for the panadapter 
activation has been the hold up. It's been a well guarded secret but 
information is leaking about how the K3's current display is capable of 
displaying any portion of a given band once the new FW is installed. The 
current default display will be minimized to one corner of the screen and 
the remaining area will become the scope. One can toggle between display 
modes by programing one of the PF keys and shortly thereafter we can expect 
the multicolor display firmware update. 

Larson E. Rapp 
Dewey Cheatham and Howe LLP. 
RG8U 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dj7mgq at muenchen-mail.de> 
To: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr at arrl.net> 
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 2:53 PM 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA-800 any news at Dayton? 


> Hi Bill, 
> 
>> I haven't seen any indication that they have decided to end the 
>> amplifier projects. The amps likely would have been out but for the 
>> regulation changes as the RoHS changes. 
> 
> Yes I know about the almost finished state before FCC regulations 
> changed and RoHS was introduced. And if this had not happened, they 
> may well have seen the light of day. To this we can agree. 
> 
> However based on the last two years of K3 craziness, the panadapter 
> development work and so on, as well as my reading between the lines 
> (Aptosology is a bit like Kremlinology back in the 70s) of public and 
> private mails, I get the gut feeling that the KPA800 & KPA1500 amps in 
> their *current* state won't come to market. I would not be surprised 
> if Elecraft in the medium to distant future has reworked/redesigned 
> QRO amplifiers in their product range. 
> 
> I suppose your guess is as good or as bad as mine. 
> 
> vy 73 de toby 
> 
> 
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