[Elecraft] Re： KPA-500 vs THP

[Johnny Siu]

Hello Phil,

Yes, good exercise.  Except ICPW1, all the prices are WITHOUT antenna tuning 
unit.

Based on that, the price per watt for SPE is say $3.9 per watt but with built-in 
ATU.  THP will be sure out of my consideration.


 cheers, 


Johnny VR2XMC 




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寄件人﹕ Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com>
收件人﹕ Johnny Siu <vr2xmc at yahoo.com.hk>
副本(CC) Wes Stewart <n7ws at yahoo.com>; Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
傳送日期﹕ 2011/1/25 (二) 10:52:46 AM
主題： Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 vs THP

Of course, this little exercise (below) is not exactly comparing apples to 
apples but it is a rough idea of relative cost per watt:

    THP Amplifiers:      HL-1.2KFX    750 watt      $2600    $3.47 per watt
                                HL-1.5KFX    1000 watt      $3500    $3.50 per 
watt
                                HL-2.5KFX    1500 watt      $6000    $4.00 per 
watt
                                HL-550FX      550 watt      $2950    $5.37 per 
watt
                                
    ICOM Amplifier:    IC-PW1        1000 watt      $4600  (price I paid 4 years 
ago)  $4.60 per watt

    Elecraft KPA500:    KPA500          500 watt      $2000    $4.00 per watt


The THP prices are from HRO web site, the Icom price is what I paid retail from 
HRO, and the Elecraft is recently quoted here by Eric (I think).  I know that 
these are not all exactly the same kind of configuration but it gives
you an idea where things set.  Elecraft is not the cheapest and it is not the 
most expensive -- sort of right in 

the middle.

73, phil, K7PEH


On Jan 24, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Johnny Siu wrote:

> Hello Wes,
> 
> THP is expensive. SPE Expert 1Ka is selling at US$3,870 here but with built in 

> ATU and more power.  I will wait for KPA500 + KAT500.
> cheers, 
> 
> 
> Johnny VR2XMC