[Elecraft] KPA1500 Enhancement

[Paul Christensen]

>"Of course, this flexibility comes at a price- The Power Genius is
significantly more expensive than the KPA1500"

And for the majority of users, that's an expensive convenience for the
feature of a transceiver selection switch that I think is best managed
external to the amp.  With the growing popularity of remote operation,
there's an opportunity for more than just one vendor to produce a line of
Ethernet-controlled RF switches in various x(in) to y(out) matrix options.
In this case, a 2x1 switch would serve the purpose without burdening the
rest of us with a feature we may not want to pay in the KPA1500.

N4CC and I share a remote site in north Florida, on the FL/GA state line.
Our current HF amplifier has a built-in 4-port antenna switch.  While we
would like the KPA1500 to have 4, or even 6 output connectors, that
convenience is probably best managed with an external RF switch that links
to the KPA1500 (and/or K3) for automatic antenna selection on a per-band
basis.    Although we could likely use DDUtil or other such 3rd-party
control programs, hopefully Elecraft will consider a line of external RF
switches as an option with the amp.

Paul, W9AC  



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