[Elecraft] KPA-500 Features and Pricing

[Doug Person]

  Actually, it means Young "Upwardly-Mobile" Professional.  At least it 
did years ago when I first heard the term.

Doug -- K0DXV

On 9/9/2010 12:54 PM, Matt Palmer wrote:
> 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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