[Elecraft] KPA-200

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Matt, W8ESE, wrote:

a external 200-400 watt amp is a fairly trivial design, if you want
one order some parts and get building. You could do this with a couple
813's for pretty low cost, or solid state for a bit more money.

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813s! I'm with you Matt! 

I have to constantly remind myself that Ham radio has changed.

For some of us, the first and most interesting part of Ham radio is the
challenge of building and modifying gear.

For others, the most interesting part of Ham radio is snagging new DX or
hitting a bigger contest score. Many of these Hams are looking for "plug 'n
play" solutions. They have little or no interest in building.  

Of course most of us are a little bit of both, but the swing is definitely
toward the "plug 'n play" group here on the Elecraft reflector.

We're all Hams, but becoming more disparate in our interests as times
change. I sometimes feel like I'm bouncing back and forth across a warp in
space-time, reading here about people drooling over a $13,000 legal-limit
amplifier or a better feeling knob, then finding in my in-box other e-mails
about Hams who are still cobbling their receivers and transmitters together
from scrapped 1960's TV sets and building variable condensers out of
discarded food cans.  

Ron AC7AC