At the moment, I am spending money on my little beginners antenna farm. I am upgrading my K4KIO Hex beam (and keeping the hex beam for vacation property) to a Steppir 3 element antenna for my small lot station. I haven't bought the KPA500 yet but I am seriously considering transitioning from the Quadra VL1000 but I have not pulled the trigger yet.
I run the Quadra at 110 VAC and it does about 750W on HF. Does that 250W make that much difference I doubt it, but something has still held me back and that is the internal antenna tuner which the Quadra has a pretty weak excuse for one but it still works well enough for my 80 and 40 vertical. Everyone has a reason, I guess. Once the KAT500 comes out I will reassess and most likely make the move. Keith Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Jan 17, 2012, at 4:45 PM, "Mike K2MK" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm hoping they skip the middle man and go right for the KPA-1500. Folks > considering a KW might have been persuaded by the fine reviews and excellent > integration to jump into the KPA-500. Those desiring the legal limit are > probably taking a wait and see approach. > > 73, > Mike K2MK > > > alsopb wrote >> >> It's been stated here that the difference between 1500W and 500W is >> mostly unimportant. Most views are going from about 100 w to 500 W. >> >> Here is another view based up the past 15 days of operation with a >> KPA-500. The previously 1500 watts was used with identical antennas. >> >> I chase DX and specifically the DX Marathon award where you try to work >> as many countries as possible each year. Yes I can still work stations >> but the net effect is: >> >> 1) You won't work everything you used to >> 2) It takes longer to work them >> 3) SSB pileup cracking is more difficult >> 4) RTTY pileups are more difficult still. >> >> Frustration. >> >> It hasn't been a complete wash. I've managed 174 countries/40 zones >> with the KPA-500 BUT GETTING THERE WAS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT than Jan. >> 2011. >> >> The above isn't unexpected. >> >> Bring on a KPA-1000. >> >> 73 de Brian/K3KO >> > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-another-view-tp7198413p7198652.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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
