[Elecraft] Question K3 ALC w/SPE Expert 1.3K-FA amp

[Oliver Dröse]

 > On a deeper level, to design an amplifier with that much gain is bad 
design

Huh? Why is that, Joe? We now have devices capable of 22 or even 30 dB 
of clean amplification. Why should we not use it? Just because FCC does 
not allow it in the U.S.? I'm not bound to FCC rules and I'd rather 
prefer to drive such an amp with 1 or 3 watts from the KX3 to get 1 kW 
out than to cascade the transceiver with a driver amp and then a final 
amp. Of course I'm just bound to German law which does not contain any 
"stupid" (pardon me, but it is!) amplification limits, just the maximum 
allowed power. How we generate it is up to us radio amateurs overhere. 
That also means responsibility, of course. :-)

Happy Easter!

Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA
http://www.dh8bqa.de