Try a 17 watt "shoe" combined with an internal power supply in place of the KAT3/KPA3. 73, Guy
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Edward R. Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > I am in the same "boat" as it were, having bought the K3/10. If I > were considering the KPA500 then I would be looking for 40-50w driver > for it. That is a 6-dB amp driven by 12w from the K3/10. That ought > to be simple to make. So will K3 roll out one? Or an entrepreneur > ham come up with one? Price ought to be in $125-150 bracket since no > filtering is needed if used with the following KPA500. > > I chose another path and bought the 300w EB-27A CCI amp that requires > 18w for full output. MY total costs will be <$500 and I probably > could make them for resale at $550. Stay tuned on that later comment ;-) > > I haven't built the EB-27A, yet, but will have results on my website > when it is done later this fall/winter. > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:10:48 -0600 > From: Phil Townsend <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 > To: Greg <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > So I got me a ten watt k3... I like it... It is very good. It works. > And I'm thinking of a KPA500. > But to run the KPA500 I gotta get the 100 watt add-on first. > Hummmm.... Is that a deal breaker? Might be. If I don't get the > hundred water then I can't get fully output.!.?&-?xxx > So the true cost of the kPA500 is way more... For me with just ten > watts. I really only want ten watts. But when I feel the need, the > need for speed (yeah I had to say it) I would like to hit the big > lever marked kill and blast them out of their socks. > > I would like to be able to upgrade with out the interim 100 watter. > Yeah, I know, i won't work but I can ask those guys who sweat solder > and cash flow and you never know they just might be able to do it. > To me the K2 was a total mind melt...and the K3 is beyond my wildest > dreams. Quite an upgrade from the old Heathkits I used to build... No > disrespect meant the hotwaters and Indians that may be still lurking. > > Phil > Santa Fe > > > > 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 > ====================================== > BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com > EME: 144-QRT*, 432-100w, 1296-QRT*, 3400-fall 2010 > DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [email protected] > ====================================== > *temp > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
