[Elecraft] [KXPA100] Power-on slide switch ?

[Phil Hystad]

Thanks Wayne --- as usual, Elecraft has an excellent and justifiable choice for their decision.  No flotsam in my car trunk though, actually no car trunk, just the bed of a pickup truck.  I intend to use the amplifier for portable operations when I travel and 120 vac is available -- otherwise, it is QRP portable with the KX3.

73, phil, K7PEH


On Jun 24, 2014, at 9:38 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:

> Hi Phil,
> 
> The slide switch we used is very reliable, with a long predicted life. We used a slide switch because it is less likely to be activated accidentally than a push-button switch (e.g., with the amplifier in a car trunk, surrounded by flotsam).
> 
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
> 
> On Jun 24, 2014, at 9:35 AM, Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Addressed to KXPA100 owners, or KXPA100 manufacturers:
>> 
>> I was showing photos (from the Elecraft web site) of the KXPA100 amplifier to a friend of mine (the amplifier is next on my to-buy list).  He is a relatively recent ham operator but a General class holder of way back in the 1960s.  Last year, he bought a K3/P3 and is very interested in acquiring more Elecraft equipment.
>> 
>> So, this friend, also a retired EE (comms and telemetry), is shocked to see a slide switch, reminiscent of his old Heathkit days, as the power on switch.  I had never noticed it before.
> 
>