[Elecraft] attenuator in amp was Re: K3 and Expert 1K-FA

[Doug Turnbull]

Dear OMs,
    I can not understand why one would want to run the K3 at 100 W rather
than 20/30/50 Watts.   Why drive the K3 harder when driving it more lightly
should improve reliability and possibly improve linearity.   The waste of
energy is also undesirable; the fifty watts out that is discarded probably
costs 100 Watts of energy.  The idea of adding an attenuator for 50 Watts of
energy sounds mad to me and environmentally unfriendly as well.

          73 Doug EI2CN