[Elecraft] Fwd: K2 with (Another Brand of) Amplifier?

[Jim Stephens]

This is a thoughtful reply, and I appreciate it.  The money differences are
not a worry.  However, I was thinking of (but didn't include in my message)
the K2 100-watt amplifier in an enclosure since I don't want to build it on
board the K2.  I was looking at $450 for the FL-45B and $480 for the
Elecraft amp and enclosure.  I guess there could be some other parts I
would need?  Very happy camper either way, but the FL-45B sits on its own
without need of an enclosure.

I think I picked up on an answer to the bandswitching question.  Does the
FL-45B have band buttons on the front panel?  I can't find an image big
enough to be sure.

Just some additional words sold by weight and not by volume.  Tnx, Steve et
al.

Jim

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Stephen Roberts <steverob at shoreham.net>
Date: Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 with (Another Brand of) Amplifier?
To: Jim Stephens <jim.nx8z at gmail.com>


Well you don't have to use 100W. I would think that the K2100w amp would be
the way to go and much cheaper as well. Looks like bandswitching is a
simple matter of pushing a button in lieu of auto switching.

Steve
W1SFR
Sudbury, VT


On May 1, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Jim Stephens wrote:

> It is probably not good manners to mention another brand name on the
> Elecraft list, but is anyone using the Tokyo Hy-Power HL-45B with the K2?
> It auto couples to the FT-817, but I understand that a connection (assume
a
> bandswitching connection) can be built for it to other rigs.  If anyone
has
> done this, how hard was it to do/how did you do it?  My K2 is QRP, but I
> don't need 100 watts.  I might desire from time to time, however, to
> "muscle up" to 20 or 25 watts to chase something.  Tnx for bandwidth es
> 73/72.
>
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> Jim Stephens, NX8Z
> Hurricane, West Virginia, USA
> Jim.NX8Z at gmail.com
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Jim Stephens, NX8Z
Hurricane, West Virginia, USA
Jim.NX8Z at gmail.com