[Elecraft] Please do a KPA1500 [but not for me]

[Dauer, Edward]

I wouldn't buy a 1.5 KW amp either, but for a different reason. Although I have a modern 220 volt drop to the house with ample capability,  I do not have 220 volt service to the spare bedroom that I use for my shack.  The KPA500  draws about as much current as I think it safe to run, given the 117 VAC wiring in that room.  Before I bought the KPA500 I looked at the now-defunct Tokyo HyPower 1.2 KW amp, consulted with a professional electrician about what it would cost to run a 220 volt line into the shack, and decided against it.  I suspect that 500 or 600 watts is a "sweet spot" in the market, given that at least some potential buyers would face the same issue I did.  That makes the cost - not the price - of a 1.5 KW amp fairly steep.  From a microeconomic perspective, I'll bet there's a knee in the demand curve somewhere over 500 watts and somewhere under 1 KW, the point at which a different AC service becomes necessary if not just prudent.  That knee describes the probable behavior of buyers and therefore a higher step in the market challenge for sellers.

Ted, KN1CBR

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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:57:49 -0700
From: Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com>
To: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy at gmail.com>, elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Please do a KPA1500
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I have no interest in a 1 or 1.5 KW Amp.

Guy (K2AV) sums it up nicely.

73!

Ken Kopp - K0PP

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