[Elecraft] Yet another product idea

[Pete Smith]

Several years ago at the Elecraft stand in Dayton I saw a prototype 
1500-watt solid state amp.  At the time I understood from the folks 
there (and maybe from some e-mails) that it had been built using some 
high-power transistors made by a company in Oregon (I think) with which 
K4XU is/was associated.

I was told a couple of years ago that the K3 project had superseded the 
amp, because of the much larger potential market.  But now I'm wondering...

To what extent does the KPA-500 share design and/or hardware with that 
prototype?  Might it be feasible to build and sell a 1500-watt amp for 
something approximating three times the cost of the KPA-500?  Now *that* 
would tempt me, even at over twice the cost of an AL-1200, for the fast 
bandswitching and the quiet power.

-- 
73, Pete N4ZR

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