[Elecraft] KPA-500 Features and Pricing

[Matt Palmer]

I may be further taking us off topic here but yuppie stands for something =
young urban professional... Most hams aren't young, you cant have antennas
in an urban environment, and when's the last time you say someone wear a
suit to a hamfest? I feel like I am channeling Indigo Montoya here :-P. The
word you are probably looking for is closer to hipster, though most hams
dont qualify for that either, perhaps fanboi is a better choice.

/snark off


Matt
W8ESE




On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Jack Brabham <kz5a at att.net> wrote:

>  Phil,
>
> No anger with Elecraft, they are my favorite ham company, and I'm quite
> proud of my K3 even if it did take months of research and hair pulling
> to figure out how to get a decent output from it on SSB.
>
> I am concerned, based on the KPA500 rumors, that Elecraft may be
> deliberately pricing themselves out of the average ham's range.  The
> "Oh, it cost so much to produce a product in the USA!" argument doesn't
> hold water either.   Where do you suppose MFJ's are made?  Or for that
> matter the K3?
>
> I'm thinking that if them old southern boys at MFJ can make a /decent
> /amp for around $2/watt, the folks at Elecraft "ought" to be able to
> make a /great /amp for about the same money.  They definitely smoked
> Yaesu and Icom on value postion with the K3.
>
> FWIW "Stupid Yuppies", in my book,  would be those folks who are willing
> to pay twice what something is actually worth just for a label, or for
> the joy of owning the most expensive.
>
> 73 Jack KZ5A
>
> K3 #4165
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/9/2010 9:46 AM, Phil Townsend wrote:
> > Ewww, Jack You are soo mean... "Stupid Yuppies"... Come on Jack, why so
> angry at a great USA company that ACTUALLY builds some great products?
> >
> > Phil
> > Santa Fe
> >
> >
>
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