[Elecraft] External Power Supply for the KPA-500
Richard Hill
rehill at ix.netcom.com
Tue Apr 20 22:21:15 EDT 2010
Elecraft Dick Tracy Special wrist transceiver.
Being strong enough to support the 120 foot tower--Priceless.
<Grin>
Rich
NU6T
Bill Coleman wrote:
> On Apr 20, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Lew Phelps K6LMP wrote:
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>> You can't have it all -- legal limit amp, power supply for same, legal limit ATU, etc. are incompatible with small size, light weight, and ability to run on 110 VAC mains. you just can't shoehorn a "big gun" station into a briefcase.
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> Yet.
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> Seriously. The K2/100 is ten-year-old technology. Yet it has way more functionality for its size and weight than transceivers that are ten or twenty years older.
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> With advances in component miniaturization and material science, it will eventually be possible to have a legal limit rig with PS and ATU all in a package the size of the K3.
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> Just not yet.
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> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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