[Elecraft] Linear thoughts

[john at kk9a.com]

I still have not seen the Genius pricing. I'm not sure what ever happened to
the Acom 1200S.  Many people use the SPE 1.3KW on expeditions, I wonder how
easy it is to hook it up to the K3S.  The KPA-500 works nicely with the K3S
but giving up 4.5dBs is considerable, a KPA-1000 would be hard to resist. 

John KK9A

From: Gary K9GS 
Thu Mar 16 19:19:38 EDT 2017

I think that the ship has sailed with respect to Elecraft bringing a 
legal limit SS amp to market.

There are a growing number of lightweight legal limit amps already on 
the market.  The FlexRadio Power Genius looks especially promising: 
http://www.flexradio.com/amateur-products/powergenius-xl/

It only weighs 33 pounds.  I saw it in operation at the Orlando 
HamCation and it looked very impressive operating all weekend into a 
dummy load at a conservative 1.5 kw output.

SPE also just announced a 1.5 kw amp..something I'm surprised they did 
given that they already have a 1 kw, 1.3 kw, and a 2kw amp on the 
market.  I know of several people that have the 1 kw amp and use it with 
their K3 radios and they love them.  I've used the big SPE amp in CQWW 
CW and it worked flawlessly all weekend without a hiccup.