[Elecraft] FW: TEN-TEC announces new amplifier

[Ray Sills]

HI Vic:

True... you probably could brew up an amp for less money.  Looking at  
the commercial market, there is an Ameritron amp for $800.. which  
includes the power supply, too.  It uses 3 type 811 tubes.  Now...  
it's rated at 600W PEP with 100W drive.  So, with 10W drive, it's  
output would be well less than 100W most likely.  But then... it  
wouldn't be an Elecraft amp.  And it doesn't work on 6 meters.

While the new Ten Tec  amp requires a DC power supply, which would be  
an extra cost for base station use, it does work on 6 meters and it  
quite compact.  I suspect that the KXPA3 will be priced in the same  
ballpark.  Both the Elecraft and the Ten Tec amps would work nicely as  
mobile amps, since both will have frequency sensing, meaning you could  
mount them in a vehicle trunk or similar out-of-the-way location.

73 de Ray
K2ULR



On Aug 12, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote:

> If a 100w amplifier has to cost $800, then it is going to be  
> difficult to market. Just my
> unsubstantiated gut feeling.
>
> Personally, if I had a KX3 and wanted 100 watts when operating from  
> my shack, I would
> throw something together from the junk box, probably with vacuum  
> tubes. But that's just me :-)
>
> On 8/12/2012 7:27 AM, Keith-K5ENS wrote:
>> And you think the KXPA100 is going to sell for much less.  Internal  
>> unit KPA3
>> is $500.  Look at the pix of the KXPA100 and I can see $200-300 to  
>> enclose
>> it in that case.
>>
>> Keith, XE3/K5ENS
>
>
> -- 
> Vic, K2VCO
> Fresno CA
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