*Geoff,* * * ***When you look at the THP products you will see quality inside. The KPA-500 is an extremely good design with excellent specs and if you use an amplifier you want it to be clean, robust and simple to use...the KPA-500 meets all the above.* * * *Now if you look at the Ameritron product you will notice the quality of the design/build IS lacking and is priced accordingly.* * * *I have had many amplifiers including solid state units and I can tell you I have done everything to break the one I have for field test and it has performed flawlessly.* * * *I don't have shares in Elecraft but I am a convert to their products after many years of throwing my money away on equipment that needed upgrading to meet my requirements and that always entailed buying a new model.* * * *Whatever decision you make, try before you buy because nobody wants to pay top dollar for an average amplifier on the used market.* * * *YMMV* * * *73's* *Gary *
On 2 April 2011 19:10, Geoff Wolf <liltechdud...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well for myself anyway, I wouldn't say that the price of the thing > wouldn't matter. It seems to me anyway that $2K seems a bit high. I'm > imaging that most of the discussion on price so far has been > speculation. > > I'm in the process of getting my feet wet with Elecraft. I'm hoping to > have a K3 with a P3 up and running by the end of May. Since I'm > setting up my first shack, I'm not diving into the pool of kickers > just yet. However, I'm leaving room in my antenna plans, etc. for an > amplifier down the road. I've figured that picturing a ~500W would be > pretty spot on. I don't want to start getting close to a kW since the > extra power starts to bring unwanted consequences. > > The KPA500 is news to me as of tonight. I'm glad to see that Elecraft > is really widening their RF product line to include this kind of > stuff. I can definitely say that I'll be keeping an eye out for the > KPA500 in the future be because it's a perfect match for the K3. > > Can't wait for the details! > > Geoffrey Wolf > University of Pittsburgh '14 > AB3LS - Amateur radio call sign > gr...@pitt.edu > ab...@arrl.net > liltechd...@liltechdude.com > (717)319-1396 > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 1, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Martin Staffa <geitaem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Does anybody know the cost of this unit? Not that it will matter Hi N1KGP > > Martin > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- *VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!!* ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
