Compared to a 500 watt amplifier, 1500 watts represents almost 5 db. If you don't know what 5 db can do when trying to make weak signal contacts you haven't done much of it. I'm not saying that Elecraft should come out with a 1500 watt amp, but amps are NOT just about being loud and busting pileups. They have nothing to do with the front end of receivers and everything to do with fighting noise of one sort or another.
Dave Ab7E On 7/30/2016 5:40 PM, Rick Braun wrote:
I was heartened to see Wayne’s response to this rumor. It seems inceivable that Elecraft would offer such a product, much less one designed by someone else. Big amps are about being loud, busting pileups, . When receivers were less sensitive and sophisticated, e.g. digital filters, digital noise reduction, etc., you needed power to get in the front ends of DX receivers. We don’t need that power anymore except to contest, i.e. blow out the ops with less power. To me this don’t seem like the Elecraft ethic. They aren’t QRP snobs, and they seem to value skill, intelligence, and cunning, rather than brute power. Whole big amp thing struck me as odd. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to xda...@cis-broadband.com
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