I don't think the Elecraft amp is targetting the budget end of the market. You can't do that with a solid state amp - tubes are still a decidedly cheaper way to go high power. This amp is really two separate products - a very light, yet high quality expedition amp and a state-of-the-art, full power, fully automated home station amp capable of "SO2R1A." (That's running two transceivers with a single, time-shared amp.) I believe it will be competing initially in a field of one in both categories. There are some lightweight amps out htere but they have awful reputations for reliability. And I know of nothing yet that has the bandswitching speed and flexibility to support SO2R with one amp. I don't know what the price will be, but you will have to divide it by two to figure the impact on a contester building an SO2R station.
/Rick N6XI On 4/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anything over $1500/US and I'm afraid I will have to count myself out. > Wonder what others think? _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
