[Elecraft] The 1500 watt amp

[Rick Braun]

I was heartened to see Wayne’s response to this rumor.  It seems inceivable that Elecraft would offer such a product, much less one designed by someone else.   Big amps are about being loud, busting pileups,  .  When receivers were less sensitive and sophisticated, e.g. digital filters, digital noise reduction, etc., you needed power to get in the front ends of DX receivers.  We don’t need that power anymore except to contest, i.e. blow out the ops with less power.  To me this don’t seem like the Elecraft ethic.  They aren’t QRP snobs, and they seem to value skill, intelligence, and cunning, rather than brute power.   Whole big amp thing struck me as odd.  

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