[Elecraft] [KX3 amp] 100/50

[Eugene Balinski]

Absolutely.  IMHO, a 3 position switch or jumper at the
power levels below would be ideal. 

72/73
K1NR


On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:20:01 -0500
 Phillip Nichols <scotchmandr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   Wayne, I like the idea; albeit for different reasons. I
> began 
> operating QRP on all my rigs for 4 special reasons.... My
> Hamlets - my 
> four children that are all licensed and formed their own
> club WK1RK. In 
> fact, my youngest son is now studying for an Extra
> upgrade (and he is 12 
> and the Net Control for their VOIP net).
> 
> I never run more than 20w HF or VHF because most of my
> antennas are 
> close enough that any higher would be problematic. In the
> Van as well. I 
> would love a switch or jumper on the amp to set a max
> power. Will the 
> Amp be linear or simply a flat fixed output? If the
> Later, then a three 
> position switch of 20w, 50w, 100w would be useful as well
> in the long 
> run. Those are three power settings that actually are
> steps up.
> 
> I was not sure about this until I saw the post from JA
> but agree (even 
> if for different reasons). A switch would be best for me
> as I could flip 
> the switch based upon whether I have the kids with me  or
> not.
> 
> As the AMP is a but down the road I hope this is
> something worth 
> considering and is early enough to be considered in the
> developement.
> 
> Anyone else find this useful?
> 
> 73/Phillip/N8AYE
> -.  ---..  .-  -.--  .
> 
> 
> 
> Wayne Burdick said the following on 1/18/2012 8:47 PM:
> > Hi Atsu,
> >
> > We could provide a jumper or switch in the KXPA100 to
> limit power to  
> > 50 watts.
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion.
> >
> > 73,
> > Wayne
> > N6KR
> >
> >
> > On Jan 18, 2012, at 5:06 PM, JE1TRV wrote:
> >
> >   
> >>> From JA
> >>>       
> >> I'd like to suggest Elecraft to prepare 50W version
> amp for KX3  
> >> since the
> >> max.power allowed for prtable operation is 50W in JA.
> >> Small internal swith to select 100/50W might be nice
> idea for that.
> >>
> >> BTW
> >> Thank you very much Elecraft for accepting direct
> order from JA.
> >>
> >> Atsu, JE1TRV
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> >>> Can we expect to see the 100w amp before Christmas.
>  I assume it  
> >>> will have
> >>> bandpass filters? Be about $500?
> >>> I believe that will be the only 100w amp for qrp rigs
> with filtered  
> >>> output
> >>> so it should be popular with other rigs as well.
> >>>
> >>> 73
> >>> Mike R
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my spy ring
> >>>
> >>> Amateur/Ham Radio KE5GBC
> >>> HF & Echolink
> >>>
>
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