Bill, It is not an Elecraft choice. While you could do that as an individual, commercial products (sold in the US) must meet the FCC requirement of a 15 dB maximum gain That limits the maximum power gain to a factor of 31.62 - 10 watts in gives 316.2 watts (at the most) output.
73, Don W3FPR On 12/20/2010 3:23 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Why wouldn't Elecraft design the KPA500 to be driven to its rated output by a > K3/10 ? > > Bill K3UJ > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Wilhelm<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 100 Watts or 500 Watts > > > Frank, > If you think you want 500 watts out, you will have to install the KPA3 > 100 watts) anyway. The K3/10 will not be able to drive the KPA500 to > ull output - you may be able to get somewhere betwen 200 and 300 watts > ut of it. > 73, > on W3FPR > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
