Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 opinions

2023-02-09 Thread john
N4ZR posted a similar question on August 12, 2022 and few people publicly responded. I am sure some people will privately email you with their experiences. It seems like some people have great luck with the KPA1500 and others keep blowing LDMOS finals. It would be nice to pinpoint the cause for

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 opinions

2023-02-09 Thread Pete Smith N4ZR
There is an excellent kpa1...@ghroups.io reflector where there has been a lot of discussion about maintenance history.  See particularly a post by W3IP on replacing the final transistors - there have been a fair number of such failures.  I'm glad that Jim had a good experience - my fairly

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 opinions

2023-02-08 Thread Jim Brown
On 2/8/2023 5:35 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: I was one of the people that saw the KPA1600 run all day every day at Dayton years ago, and have dreamed of that amp ever since. I know the KPA1500 probably can't live up to that ideal, but are there issues a potential buyer should be aware of? I'm a

[Elecraft] KPA1500 opinions

2023-02-08 Thread Scott Manthe
Hi Everyone, I'm in the market for a legal limit solid state amp. There are lots of options out there, but I've been an Elecraft fan since the beginning and have owned a KPA500, K3/P3, and KX3/PX3. So, obviously I'm a fan. However, I'm also aware that over the years, some of the gear has had