[Elecraft] Please do a KPA1500

[N2TK, Tony]

During mediocre conditions there has been more than once on 80 and 160M the DX could not quite get my call correct with the KPA500. Once the Acom 2000A timed out they had no trouble copying my call. Most of the time I operate the K3 barefoot. When I need more oomph I turn on the KPA500. If conditions are not good I turn on the Acom. There are times the difference between 600W and 1500W can make the difference between a QSO and no QSO. It would be nice to have a 1500W S-S amp in the basement alongside the KPA500. Any amp I would buy needs to be able to be controlled remotely like the KPA500 and the Acom. The only real advantage to me switching from a tube to a solid-state amp would be the timeout thing. During a contest and when a DXpedition is going, then I just leave the Acom on. No big thing letting it sit there idling.

73 and HNY
N2TK, Tony 

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike va3mw
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 6:09 PM
To: Dean L <dean.k2ww at gmail.com>
Cc: Elecraft Mail List <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Please do a KPA1500

That will be a lot of money for only an extra S unit (barely). Just over a 4db gain off the top of my head. 

It is the first 500 W that count. 

Mike va3mw



> On Dec 30, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Dean L <dean.k2ww at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Fred
> 500w 》1500 w -----It's less than an S-unit increase in signal and 
> makes your power meter spin fast.
> Just putting it into perspective ...I'm sure you already knew this.
> Happy New Year/73
> Dean K2WW
> 
>> On Dec 30, 2016 12:36 PM, "Fredric Serota" <fserota at msn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Now more than ever there is a need for a 1500 watt amplifier of the 
>> quality and function of the KPA500. PLEASE, Elecraft, reconsider your 
>> decision to produce a KPA 1500. You could use the front end of the 
>> KPA500 as a controller?
>> 
>> Fred Serota, K3BHX
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