Hi, Not so sure. That would require the 12W (pre)amp in the K3 to run full tilt. I seem to remember from the QST review of the K3/10 that it wasn't super clean at full power either. It's well known that both these amps get significantly cleaner when run at 50% or less which is what they would do driving the KPA500 to full power.
AB2TC - Knut Rick Dettinger-3 wrote: > > But going directly from the K3/10 to the KPA500 might be a good way > for those unhappy with the SSB transmit quality of the KPA3 to get a > very clean signal since the KPA500 uses 70 volt devices for the final > amplifiers. Plus a 3 db. gain over the KPA3. At a cost, of course. > > 73, > Rick Dettinger K7MW > > <snip> > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/100-Watts-or-500-Watts-tp5853336p5853704.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
