This is a thoughtful reply, and I appreciate it. The money differences are not a worry. However, I was thinking of (but didn't include in my message) the K2 100-watt amplifier in an enclosure since I don't want to build it on board the K2. I was looking at $450 for the FL-45B and $480 for the Elecraft amp and enclosure. I guess there could be some other parts I would need? Very happy camper either way, but the FL-45B sits on its own without need of an enclosure.
I think I picked up on an answer to the bandswitching question. Does the FL-45B have band buttons on the front panel? I can't find an image big enough to be sure. Just some additional words sold by weight and not by volume. Tnx, Steve et al. Jim ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephen Roberts <[email protected]> Date: Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 with (Another Brand of) Amplifier? To: Jim Stephens <[email protected]> Well you don't have to use 100W. I would think that the K2100w amp would be the way to go and much cheaper as well. Looks like bandswitching is a simple matter of pushing a button in lieu of auto switching. Steve W1SFR Sudbury, VT On May 1, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Jim Stephens wrote: > It is probably not good manners to mention another brand name on the > Elecraft list, but is anyone using the Tokyo Hy-Power HL-45B with the K2? > It auto couples to the FT-817, but I understand that a connection (assume a > bandswitching connection) can be built for it to other rigs. If anyone has > done this, how hard was it to do/how did you do it? My K2 is QRP, but I > don't need 100 watts. I might desire from time to time, however, to > "muscle up" to 20 or 25 watts to chase something. Tnx for bandwidth es > 73/72. > > -- > Jim Stephens, NX8Z > Hurricane, West Virginia, USA > [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 -- Jim Stephens, NX8Z Hurricane, West Virginia, USA [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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
