The CCI components are very attractive. Before the KPA100 was released, several K2 owners reported good results with them. While many Hams today find their passion in hitting the top of the contest or DX lists, there are still a lot of us "home-brewers" who are equally passionate about cobbling together a bunch of parts to create a rig we enjoy operating.
And, in the case of an amplifier, we home-brewers don't have the gain limitations and FCC approval requirements those who manufacture amps or kits for sale must meet. I've never owned a factory-built rig (although the K3 is *awfully* close!), and I've never built a rig to save money. For me, buying a factory-assembled rig would be like buying a jig-saw puzzle fully assembled and framed - it would miss the point of being a Ham for me, Hi! Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- I would probably be interested in this since I bought the K3/10 except that I have already bought an EB-27 kit for a 18w/300w PA from CCI. http://www.communication-concepts.com/appnotes/EB27A300Sharp.pdf With 12w drive it will likely only reach 200w output, but my K3/10 has 16w output up to 15m; 8w 10/6m. I will try driving the EB-27 with the barefoot K3/10 to start with, but am looking at getting the TAPR Pennywhistle amplifier kit 20w HF/6m. It will only require about 1w from the K3 on all frequencies. Will I save anything over a KPA-100? Maybe not. Wonder how the new 100w amp will be priced compared to the KPA-100? For those that are curious: The EB-27 cost me $127; transistors $105; misc parts $150. The Pennywhistle is $77+shipping. Total approx. $400. I already bought a used Mirage A-1015G 10w/150w 6m amp. So I will have 300w HF and 150w 6m vs. 100w HF/6m. Kind of a poor-man's KPA-500. OK, not really comparable. 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ______________________________________________________________ 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
