[Elecraft] KX2 Matching Power Amplifier

[Mike Morrow]

> I'm enjoying my new KX2 transceiver!  I'd like to see Elecraft make a
> matching RF amplifier with about 35 watts output with 5 watts in.

Since the KX2 runs 10 watts out, more or less, you're asking for external gear to run only 5 dB better.  I wouldn't consider something like that for even a moment.  The existing 100 watt amp is likely the minimum increment that would be almost worth the trouble.

A subsequent post about using a T1 ATU on the output of a 40 watt external amp seems ill-advised, especially for such minimal practical benefit.

I'd prefer to see an enhanced KX3HP (not KX2) with KXAT3HP capable (only with stout 14 vdc external power) of the 35 watts you seek.  It would sell as a unified package that is the buyer's only choice, but not as multiple components.  Still ... the benefit for the effort would not be there.

Mike / KK5F