[Elecraft] KPA500

[Phil Townsend]

So I got me a ten watt k3... I like it... It is very good. It works. And I'm thinking of a KPA500.
But to run the KPA500 I gotta get the 100 watt add-on first. Hummmm.... Is that a deal breaker? Might be. If I don't get the hundred water then I can't get fully output.!.?&-¥xxx
So the true cost of the kPA500 is way more... For me with just ten watts. I really only want ten watts. But when I feel the need, the need for speed (yeah I had to say it) I would like to hit the big lever marked kill and blast them out of their socks.
 
"Can't hear me OM??
He switches the amp to kill.... 
How's ur copy now om?

The screenplay is in my head...
Among other things.

I would like to be able to upgrade with out the interim 100 watter.
Yeah, I know, i won't work but I can ask those guys who sweat solder and cash flow and you never know they just might be able to do it.
To me the K2 was a total mind melt...and the K3 is beyond my wildest dreams. Quite an upgrade from the old Heathkits I used to build... No disrespect meant the hotwaters and Indians that may be still lurking.

Phil
Santa Fe


Build your own gear
Grow your own food.



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On Sep 9, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Greg <n4cc at cableone.net> wrote:

> Free market feedback...bring back the 1500 watt amp!  73 de Greg-N4CC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Doug Person
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:58 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500
> 
>  It's never as simple as that.  I think announcing a product when its on
> its final approach is fine.  I think getting tons of feedback on what you're
> about to invest heavily in is good business.  Maybe the truth of the earlier
> amps was that there just wasn't enough positive response to them.  Maybe
> this time they used all the input from the previous attempt to refine the
> price point and feature set.  Maybe everytime someone here says the price is
> too high Eric makes another note. Or someone else says I'll order on the
> first day - is another note. This is free market research.  Easy access to
> the most likely buyers.  A big product mistake by a small company like
> Elecraft could sink them.  I think they took a LOT of notes on the road to
> completing the K3. Nobody can argue with the results. And when the KPA-500
> is released, it will be based on tons of feedback.
> 
> Doug -- K0DXV
> 
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