[Elecraft] KPA-200

Steve Ward stevewa at spiritone.com
Wed May 20 01:29:35 EDT 2009


Fred Atchley writes:

>Actually Gary, KPA-200 sounds like a good idea. I like contesting and prefer
>low power. The problem is that different contests define "low power" as 100,
>150 or 200 W. It would be nice to optimize low power for any given contest.
>BTW, I wonder if the KAT3 would also need to be replaced. 73, Fred

Seems to me the biggest issue would be (DC) power.  Most of the rigs that can do 200w internally seem to come with their own custom power supplies that give 24 or 48 VDC.  Running 200w on 13.8VDC requires a LOT of amperes and is probably not practical.

73,

Steve
AD7OG
K3 #1544




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