[Elecraft] amp

Mike K2MK k2mk at comcast.net
Fri Apr 27 17:10:50 EDT 2012


Hi Scott,

People are buying foreign made solid state legal limit amps like the Tokyo
Hy-Power HL2.5FX and SPE EXPERT 2K-FA at $6000 plus. I hope the success of
the KPA500 leads Elecraft to reconsider either a 1KW or 1.5KW amp.

73,
Mike K2MK


Scott Manthe-2 wrote
> 
> Wayne and Eric have been pretty honest in the past as to why they don't 
> currently offer a legal-limit amp, water or air-cooled: price point. The 
> KPA-1500 would've had to sell for about $6K in kit form, and apparently, 
> the Elecraft team thought that was too much. Having spent too much time 
> drooling on it at Dayton, it would've been nice to see it brought to 
> market, but at that price point, I can understand why Wayne and Eric 
> decided against it.
> 
> 73,
> Scott, N9AA
> 


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