[Elecraft] kpa1500?

[Phil Wheeler]

Other issues, too. For example, not all of us have 
240 VAC available in our shacks -- at least I 
don't. And I suspect such an amp would want the 
higher line voltage.

Phil W7OX

On 12/12/14 6:06 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
> As others have mentioned, there were two amps built and put on display a number of years
> ago.  One was legal limit and I think the other was about half that (I remember more than the
> current 500 Watt KPA500 though).
>
> I probably would never spend the money for a full legal limit solid-state amp but I might pay
> for a kit amp.  By "kit" I mean more of a kit than typical of Elecraft's bolt-together kits.   I mean
> a real soldering kit with some SMTs already placed.  Especially useful would be the PA boards and
> heat sinks already put together.  But, other parts could certainly be lower level kit pieces.  Also,
> the voltage levels are not too dangerously high (? 75 volts, 40 amps maybe).  Maybe the power
> supply can be a separately priced kit.
>
> Not even sure how much I would pay -- I wouldn't want ham radio to cut into my book buying budget
> for the year.  Also, ham radio competes with my other hobby of wood working.  Those Shapton glass
> bottom sharpening stones are getting pricey.
>
> 73, phil, K7PEH
>
>> On Dec 12, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Richard Thorne <rthorne at rthorne.net> wrote:
>>
>> I'd be a buyer.
>>
>> Rich - N5ZC
>>
>> On 12/12/2014 6:17 PM, CenturyLink Customer wrote:
>>> As a 6 month Elecrafter (k3+p3) I have never seen any discussion nor requests for a legal limit compatible Elecraft amplifier with the seamless attributes of the kpa500 . It would seem that the now extablished 1000 w devices could form the basis for a commercially viable amplifier. Perhaps no one else is interested, but I wanted to ask if such a product is even on the "consideration" list?
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>>> Myron
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