[Elecraft] KPA 500 vs New 1500 watt amp

[Fred Smith]

Wayne I'm a bit late on this thread but will the cost be in the $5-6K range?


73,
Fred/N0AZZ
K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 5210--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100
P3/SVGA--KAT500--W2
Amps Elecraft KPA500 HF/6m--Alpha's 9500 HF--87A HF--Mirage B-5030-G 300+w--(2) B-5016-G's 165w 2m

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 11:31 AM
To: Roy Koeppe
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 vs New 1500 watt amp

Our philosophy at Elecraft is to cover both ends of the spectrum. Figuratively speaking.

When the bands are open, the birds are singing, and the sun is shining, you’ll find us outdoors using a hand-held KX2 at 10 watts with a whip. But late at night, when propagation is in the tank and that rare DX station peeks over the horizon for a once-in-a-lifetime fleeting moment, seconds count and size really does matter. At these times, we flip the big switch.

Wayne
N6KR



> On Apr 21, 2017, at 9:02 AM, Roy Koeppe <k6xk at ncn.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Aboot:
> 
> "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."
> 
> 
> Apparently none of you here ragchews on 80M CW roundtables at sunrise times during spring/summer thunderstorms seasons across the country! That's the reason QRO was born...
> 
> 73,  Roy   K6XK     Iowa 
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