[Elecraft] pacificon

[O. Johns]

Was at Pacificon today.  The KPA500 looks amazingly small.  About the same size as the K3, but 500 watts with a self-contained AC power supply.  The integration with the K3 is pretty impressive, also.  The delay in releasing it is rumored to be due, among other things, to waiting for FCC's seal of approval to work its way through the bureau.  

The 500 watt external antenna tuner (ANT500?) that Elecraft is rumored to be working on as a companion to the KPA500 sounds like a dynamite product -- when it ever sees the light of day.  It is rumored to be a remotable, rf-sensing, automatic, balanced, 500 watt tuner.  I think lots of people would buy it to run with a barefoot K3/100, even if they don't get a KPA500.  Would be great between your ladder line and your coax run.

Oliver  W6ODJ