[Elecraft] KPA 500 vs New 1500 watt amp

[GWK]

And the reason you "need" the extra 1000 W is that the others in the 
pileup are all running max power.  A typical arms race, with tempers to 
match.

George, W3HBM

On 4/20/2017 9:39 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II wrote:
> 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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