Absolutely. IMHO, a 3 position switch or jumper at the power levels below would be ideal.
72/73 K1NR On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:20:01 -0500 Phillip Nichols <[email protected]> wrote: > Wayne, I like the idea; albeit for different reasons. I > began > operating QRP on all my rigs for 4 special reasons.... My > Hamlets - my > four children that are all licensed and formed their own > club WK1RK. In > fact, my youngest son is now studying for an Extra > upgrade (and he is 12 > and the Net Control for their VOIP net). > > I never run more than 20w HF or VHF because most of my > antennas are > close enough that any higher would be problematic. In the > Van as well. I > would love a switch or jumper on the amp to set a max > power. Will the > Amp be linear or simply a flat fixed output? If the > Later, then a three > position switch of 20w, 50w, 100w would be useful as well > in the long > run. Those are three power settings that actually are > steps up. > > I was not sure about this until I saw the post from JA > but agree (even > if for different reasons). A switch would be best for me > as I could flip > the switch based upon whether I have the kids with me or > not. > > As the AMP is a but down the road I hope this is > something worth > considering and is early enough to be considered in the > developement. > > Anyone else find this useful? > > 73/Phillip/N8AYE > -. ---.. .- -.-- . > > > > Wayne Burdick said the following on 1/18/2012 8:47 PM: > > Hi Atsu, > > > > We could provide a jumper or switch in the KXPA100 to > limit power to > > 50 watts. > > > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > > > 73, > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > > > On Jan 18, 2012, at 5:06 PM, JE1TRV wrote: > > > > > >>> From JA > >>> > >> I'd like to suggest Elecraft to prepare 50W version > amp for KX3 > >> since the > >> max.power allowed for prtable operation is 50W in JA. > >> Small internal swith to select 100/50W might be nice > idea for that. > >> > >> BTW > >> Thank you very much Elecraft for accepting direct > order from JA. > >> > >> Atsu, JE1TRV > >> > >> > >> > >>> Can we expect to see the 100w amp before Christmas. > I assume it > >>> will have > >>> bandpass filters? Be about $500? > >>> I believe that will be the only 100w amp for qrp rigs > with filtered > >>> output > >>> so it should be popular with other rigs as well. > >>> > >>> 73 > >>> Mike R > >>> > >>> Sent from my spy ring > >>> > >>> Amateur/Ham Radio KE5GBC > >>> HF & Echolink > >>> > ______________________________________________________________ > >>> > >>> > >> > ______________________________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.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
