[Elecraft] Linear thoughts

[Chris Tate - N6WM]

Some bullet points.  take the best of what is emerging and improve it..


-2 inputs and multiple antenna ports and enough isolation to support SO2R OOB with 1 devices.   (flex amp).  less devices, shack simplification and value...

-ability to control device over Ethernet via remote without connecting  via a serial interface, but keep the serial interface for legacy use (flex amp) the future is on ethernet.

-some kind of ability to manage mismatches, probably a tuner either outboard like a kat500 or inboard would be 
better.  one that is more resilient than the expert would be a market differentiator(expert amps but needs improvement)  This would make it a killer device.

Thats what comes to mind short term.







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From: Elecraft [elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] on behalf of Wayne Burdick [n6kr at elecraft.com]
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 11:21 AM
To: Wes Stewart
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Linear thoughts

On Mar 17, 2017, at 11:14 AM, Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:

> Three times the power, one-third the cost?
>
> Somewhat more seriously: legal limit, internal tuner for up to at least 3:1 SWR (option?), optional separate power supply, quieter cooling. Bigger box to match K4.

The what?


>
> Wes  N7WS
>
> On 3/17/2017 10:06 AM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
>> Interesting discussion.
>>
>> Folks, if we did introduce a 1500 W solid state amp similar to our KPA500 in operation, what features etc would be important?
>>
>> 73,
>> Eric
>> /elecraft.com/



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