[Elecraft] KX3 - New 100 watt amp

[stan levandowski]

Yes, Randy, but it's the word "most" that concerns me.  I retired from 
IBM and we bent over backward to avoid competing with our own products. 
If the "new amp" will work with the K1, K2, and K3 (and maybe even the 
3-4 watt KX1? at a lower drive level?) that would be a real "gift" to 
the QRP customers, but could compromise sales of the Elecraft 100 watt 
options as well as the KPA-500.

As a result of some posts here last week I was  planning to order a 
KPA-500 which I'd never be able to drive beyond about 100 watts.  Now 
I'm extremely interested in this 'new 100 watt amp, so thoughts of a 
KPA-500 in the near future are held in abeyance.

In the end, I suppose it's all elementary anyway.  There are 'other' 
amps available at various power levels below and above 100 watts that 
can be driven by 5-10 watts.  Tokyo Hi Power has one.  Plus, anyone can 
buy the 100 watt K2 option and put it in a separate container, modify 
the driving rig as necessary, and be on the air.

So another way for Elecraft to look at it is to make this 'new 100 watt 
amp' work with ALL their QRP products as seamlessly as possible so guys 
like me have an incentive to stay with the brand.   In fact, if I were 
Elecraft I would announce "option component packages" for immediate sale 
to upgrade the KX1, K1, K2, and K3 (if necessary) for eventual addition 
of the 'new 100 watt' amp.

Someone compared Elecraft to Apple.  I think Elecraft is more like a bag 
of potato chips.  We get hooked and can't stop with just one!

73, Stan WB2LQF
KX1 #2411    K1#2994    K2# 6980    K3#5244     K9 #1 (Cocoa the 
Chihuahua)
Everything is QRP, even the dog.



On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Randy Moore wrote:

> According to an e-mail from Wayne this morning: "100 W+ with new
> high-performance external amp/ATU that works with most 5W to 10W 
> rigs."
>