[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 142, Issue 38

[Greg]

How many people would it take to put $1000 or $2000 down toward a KPA1500
for Elecraft to produce it?  I would, for one.  And, I think I'm hearing
quite a few people who would be in line for one, even knowing that the amp
would be considerably more expensive than the KPA500.  It sounds like a lot
of the ground work is already done in the prototype.  Wayne had his way with
the QRP KX3...now it's Eric's turn... hi hi.  Eric or Wayne -- comment??
73, Greg-N4CC

Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:02:00 -0600
From: Clay Autery <cautery at montac.com>
To: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy at gmail.com>
Cc: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500
Message-ID: <56C782C8.5010202 at montac.com>
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I realize and agree with all of what you said...  I would ONLY want to
see the piece produced if it made sense for both sides of the
equation...  I wouldn't want anything to be done that might jeopardize
the company's viability/longevity.

I want them to be here LONG after I'm gone...  Hopefully, long after my
sons have wrung the last bit of usefulness from all my Elecraft gear
that I leave behind!  :)

But I'm still pulling for them to be presented with a way to put one of
these in my hands!

73,

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Clay Autery, KG5LKV
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On 2/19/2016 2:30 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
> Lots of possible reasons why Elecraft might not do a 1500, but
> specifically price breaks and unwillingness to adopt a product that
> from other manufacturers has proven problematic at our price range for
> well understood reasons. Elecraft has been conservative about
> introductions, and that plays well for what they *do* produce. 
>
> Ignore the boo-bird gallery on this reflector and note long term
> performance of other ham manufacturers including near death brushes or
> full on encounters with bankruptcy. Elecraft *grew* their business
> during the great recession. Financially stable and responsive to
> customers with great products. Hard to find combo, generally. 
>
> Personally I'll let 'em do whatever they want (as if I could really
> affect that). They *might* put out a 1500, which I would buy in a
> heartbeat for the integration. But it wouldn't be a hacksaw job and it
> wouldn't put their balance sheet near the edge, and it *would* have
> gotten past all those issues that 1500's seem to be dogged with.
>
> 73, Guy 
>
> On Friday, February 19, 2016, Clay Autery <cautery at montac.com
> <mailto:cautery at montac.com>> wrote:
>
>     Shhhhh...  We're starting a ground-swell...  <grin>
>


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