[Elecraft] KPA 500

[Wes]

Hmm.  I used to joke that I bought a KPA500 just so I could switch bands on my 
K3 without accidentally changing the VOX setting.

N7WS

On 3/23/2022 1:58 PM, Ken K6MR wrote:
>   "They are a "bandaid" for the lack of band buttons on the K3."
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> I've always considered "band buttons" on any radio to be the worst possible use of front panel space I can think of.  I always operate with a logging program open, and it's far easier to just type in the frequency I want without removing my hands from the keyboard.
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> I think with the amplifier they just had so much front panel space available that they just couldn't think of anything else to put there.  In the years I've had KPA500s and a KPA1500 I have yet to touch them.  To each his own.
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> Ken K6MR
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