[Elecraft] KPA 500 vs New 1500 watt amp

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

Well you might consider this.  I do a lot of DXing from J6.  Typically the
pile-ups are hundreds if not more people calling once it gets going.  That 1
s-unit difference can mean the difference between working the DX or the band
going out before you do.   It's personal, right?  Kinda of reminds me of the
"I really don't need the horsepower of a corvette" argument.  Yep, maybe you
don't and we all can't be driving corvettes.  But having one SURE IS FUN! 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Terry
Brown
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 8:12 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KPA 500 vs New 1500 watt amp

If the new Elecraft amp is indeed 1500 watts it might be worth considering
that going from 500 to 1500 watts is only about 4.5 Db or less than 1 S-unit
in signal strength.  If I owned the KPA 500 it would be a hard sell to get
me to move to ANY 1500 watt amp. 

Respectfully,

Terry, N7TB
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