[Elecraft] Linear

[Chris Tate - N6WM]

Lots of great feedback from all on the Elecraft brain trust.

There is a market shift occurring in the full or near qro market.  The 2 standouts are the Expert amp line, and the yet to be released Flex/4o3a power genius.

One has to ask where the primary market for a full legal limit amp with automation would be.  My opinion would be contesters, dxers and remote station users.   Others would want such a device but may be less fickle on feature set

Things like full qsk, quiet operation, modularity, and over engineering for reliable operation at spec are already something that I think Elecraft would provide as part of their well respected methodology.

In order to really be marketable it will need to provide additional value above and beyond expert and flex/4o3a.

So again ability to use the 1 amp with 2 radios seamlessly in a rapid SO2R environment would be huge.  The flex amp is professing to offer this sans tuner.  The expert doesn't quite offer this but has a tuner.  Taking the best of both and exceeding that would create a unique market differentiator.  If Elecraft could build an amp that could do the SO2R as well as handle high swr tolerance and maintain their usual high standard of construction, performance, reliability and support this would be THE go to amp in the performance ham community IMO.  Keeping it as compact, lightweight and quiet as possible is something Elecraft does with all their devices so it's the features that will set it apart.  

Thanks
~C.