I remember seeing the KPA1500 at Dayton heating up the building. I reached for my credit card but was told not taking orders. Bummer.
Today I have a KPA500 and an Acom-2000A (very early one) sitting on a shelf 7' off the floor in the basement. Literally right below my feet here in the office/shack. Keeps the heat and noise downstairs. Both track the K3. So when I key the amp it is on freq and ready. I have two switches between the pair of K3's - one to select which K3 and one to select which amp. Most of the time both amps are off. I find 100 W is usually enough. But in a decent pileup I will turn on the KPA500. For DXpeditions like VK0 and FT4, especially on the low bands, I can get in and out more quickly with the Acom. For contesting the Acom stays on the entire weekend. This setup also gives me backup in case one of the amps fail. Also give me more watts on 6M. Someone mentioned about you got to hear them to work them. And I agree money should be first spent on receiving - equipment, antennas, coax, receive antennas, etc. But once you have optimized as much as you can because of land, money and other restrictions, an amp is a nice way of helping you in a pileup to work a station you can hear. And especially on the low bands going from 500 to 1500 W may make the difference from working and not working a station. I still remember the one morning I heard Zone 19 on Topband for my first and only time at my sunrise. Unfortunately I did not have the KPA500 then. Only had the Acom. But the Acom was off. While I waited for the Acom to heat up I tried calling the UA0 with 100W. He knew I was calling him but he could not pull out my full call. By the time the Acom cycled ON, the UA0 was down in the noise. Bummer. 73, N2TK, Tony -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Monday, August 01, 2016 7:36 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The 1500 watt amp I'm with Greg. Though I am only a casual DX chaser and even more casual contester I found the KPA500 just wasn't enough to suit me, but I knew that going in. I only ordered the 500 as a temporary measure to hold me until my 2K-FA came in. I certainly would have gone with a 1500w Elecraft product, if it existed. ______________________________________________________________ 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 tony....@verizon.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
