FWIW this was posted back in September: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg102741.html
"The KPA500 requires 30 to 40 watts for full output." which puts gain at 12dB or so. Bob NW8L On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 5:11 PM, William H. Droeger, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anybody heard how much power out the k3/10 will drive the kpa500 > amp to? As mostly a qrper it might be nice to have a lil juice once > in a while. I can get 12w max out of my k3/10 and was hoping since > the kpa500 is a solid state amp, I might get 400-500 watts out of it > with 12 watts of drive. Thanks-Skip KT9T > ______________________________________________________________ > 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

