[Elecraft] The 1500 watt amp

[David Gilbert]

Compared to a 500 watt amplifier, 1500 watts represents almost 5 db.  If 
you don't know what 5 db can do when trying to make weak signal contacts 
you haven't done much of it.  I'm not saying that Elecraft should come 
out with a 1500 watt amp, but amps are NOT just about being loud and 
busting pileups.  They have nothing to do with the front end of 
receivers and everything to do with fighting noise of one sort or another.

Dave   Ab7E


On 7/30/2016 5:40 PM, Rick Braun wrote:
> 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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