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

[István Szabó]

ARRL may initiate changing that law. Proud hams could drive that change. 
With current LDMOS devices lots of money can be saved with one stage 
amps. That change would accelerate switching from tube amps to 
technically much more advanced LDMOS amps. Less energy consumption, 
smaller shack space required. Another question is are there more hams in 
USA or CB operators?

73, István ha4zd

On 04/04/2015 00:01, Oliver Dröse wrote:
> > 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