Graham, I have an ACOM 1000 also, and I like it a lot. I have developed a way to beat the problem of missing a QSO because of the warm up time. I turn the ACOM on when I first come into the shack.... :-P
73, Mike NF4L On 9/10/2010 8:53 AM, Graham Kimbell G3TCT wrote: > I currently use an Acom 1000 amp on 80 and 6m and a homebrew > semiconductor amp (160W o/p) on 4m. > The features I really like about solid state amps is their efficiency > (50-60%), and zero warm up time. I often find on 6m that I can hear > interesting but very weak dx that needs the amp, but I have to wait > nearly 3 minutes for it to warm up, by which time the dx may have > disappeared. By contrast the solid state PA takes no current on standby > and is available instantly. > > My 2p worth > Graham > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
