[Elecraft] KPA1000

[Fred Jensen]

I wouldn't be holding my breath Dan.  At one time, quite awhile ago, 
there were rumors of a KPA800 and/or KPA1500, and I believe one or more 
prototypes were built.  A good friend, one of the Elecraft KPA500 
engineers, mentioned that those prototypes fed a lot of the design into 
the 500, possibly why the 500 will run forever on RTTY at 500+ watts. 
I'm told the field testers were instructed to run them with all bars lit.

There are a lot of good 1.0, 1.2, and 1.5 KW HF amps out there, this may 
be a market Elecraft has decided to pass up.  I don't blame them.

My KPA500 is solid as a rock.  I had a 1200 W amp before, I ran it at 
500 W for a year just to see if I could tell the difference, I couldn't, 
N6RK now has my old amp, I'm a happy ham.  If I run the temp up to 70C, 
[that would be constant CQ's in a RTTY contest] the fans kick in, my 
wife says "they're noticeable."  I'm about 3/4 deaf, I always operate 
with headphones, and I don't notice it.  YMMV  I've never had them come 
on high on CW or SSB.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org

On 12/23/2014 7:15 PM, KG5EJU wrote:
> Very new to Elecraft, just own a W2, but looking long at the KPA500.
> Heard a couple rumors that a 1000 Watt unit was coming, but with
> separate power supply.
>
> Any truth to this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Dan