[Elecraft] KPA 500 vs New 1500 watt amp

[Wayne Burdick]

Hi Fred,

$5995, complete with internal ATU and external, lightweight switching power supply. See:

    http://www.elecraft.com/KPA1500/KPA1500.htm

I might point out that only Elecraft offers a legal-limit amp with a palindromic price tag :)

73,
Wayne
N6KR


> On Apr 21, 2017, at 9:56 AM, Fred Smith <mfsj at totalhighspeed.com> wrote:
> 
> Wayne I'm a bit late on this thread but will the cost be in the $5-6K range?
> 
> 
> 73,
> Fred/N0AZZ
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> -----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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