[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 142, Issue 38

[Kevin Stover]

Apparently the principals at Elecraft have decided, quite some time ago, 
not to offer a 1500W amp.
If you want an SSPA that will do 1.5K spend the $8K for the SPE 2KFA.
If you think Elecraft can produce an amp of that caliber for less than 
$8K I've got some lakefront property for sale.

There simply aren't enough hams ready, willing and able to spend that 
kind of money to make it economically viable.

They'll get killed by the amp competition. As soon as all the fan boys 
with money are exhausted the market will dry up.
$8K+ for an Elecraft SSPA or less than half that for an Ameritron 
AL-1500...and before you go down the "Ameritron is  crap" road... a 
bunch of real famous contesters use the AL-1500 and win with it.

On 2/19/2016 9:52 PM, Greg wrote:
> 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
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R. Kevin Stover
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