So far I have not heard anyone mention the BEST amps made in Colorado. At 2:55AM in the morning I can't recall the name but they are commercial grade. Ten Tec manufactures some very good amps as well pearly Paul Gates Elecraft K1 #231 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KW Amp Prices > > In a message dated 4/25/2005 9:15:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The least expensive of the lot is the new Tokyo Hypower > HL2KFX at around $2600 plus $330 shipping. Its a bare > bones KW amp at 54 lbs with its built in switching power supply. > If you add a KW autotuner to the combination, the price starts > to get up near the $4000 range. Very few in the hobby can afford it. > So there is a very limited prospect for sales unless the price could > be kept below 3K. Here is the web link for a very interesting amp. > > > > > > Although I can afford it, they will play "H E double toothpick" selling me > one at anything close to that price--probably at any price. Amps are, in > my > view, the most overpriced pieces of gear in the hamshack. If you spend > one > tenth of that amount sprucing up your antenna system you will get more > benefit. > The worst thing that ever happened to ham radio was when they allowed > amplifiers that run more power than the local commercial radio station. > The U.K. > allows, I think, a maximum of 400 watts---or is that Australia? Anyway, > that's plenty! From that level, the most you can improve your signal is > about 1 > "S" unit--unless you cheat! Anything more than a couple hundred watts > just > creates QRM--it becomes brute force rather than technique! Obviously I'm > spitting in the wind, but I just don't see the fun of running that much > power. > In truth, I'm just a tad disappointed that a company, which has such > strong > roots in lower power equipment and innovation, finds it necessary to jump > into > the QRO market. I realize that everyone has to make a living somehow, > but > the incredible talent in that company could seemingly be much better > utilized > in a thousand other ways than amps. I can only conclude that the markup > must > be phenominal! > > Dave W7AQK > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
