Hello Lou, I think elecraft does pick up the right market segment for KPA500. The amplifier is conservatively designed and ready to give a bit more output. It is not too far away from the KPA800. 500 W is also marketable world wide. Legal limit in quite a number of former British colonies (like VR2) is still 400W though I know some hams do not care about this. 1.5kw amplifer will belong to another price tag and another market segment. I wonder, in term of profitability (i.e profit margin x trade volume), KPA500 could be a good performer.
TNX & 73, Johnny VR2XMC ________________________________ 寄件人︰ Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> 收件人︰ W0FK <[email protected]> 副本(CC)︰ [email protected] 傳送日期︰ 2012年12月7日 (週五) 11:43 AM 主題︰ Re: [Elecraft] Found this on Facebook this morning... KPA800?? Lou, These early amp prototypes were a real learning experience for us. Our staff did an excellent job, and they worked very well. However, after sizing up the costs and risks, we decided to enter the market with something smaller (K3-size) featuring a zero-noise (linear) power supply based on a toroidal transformer. 500-600 W seemed like an ideal target, and there you have it: the KPA500. I certainly wouldn't rule out other amps in the future. Speaking of which, the upcoming KXPA100, our 100-W amp for the KX3 and other QRP rigs, draws extensively from the KPA500 design. We hope it will be the best-performing and most rugged 100-W-class amplifier available. 73, Wayne N6KR On Dec 6, 2012, at 7:32 PM, W0FK wrote: > Scott Manthe-2 wrote >> They showed a KPA1500 along with the KPA800 at Dayton in 2006. I was >> lucky enough to see them and they were quite impressive. > > It was pretty sweet in person, but pics are still out there. See > http://www.n6ie.com/Elecraft.html > > I was talking to Wayne at Dayton this past April, and asked about a higher > power amp. I doubt we'll ever see one, but at least he didn't forclose the > idea. It would be nice to have a 1500 watt RF deck in a K3-sized case, and a > PS in a second case. > > 73, > > Lou, W0FK > > > > ----- > St. Louis, MO > K3 #2513, P3 #620, KX3 #0036 > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Found-this-on-Facebook-this-morning-KPA800-tp7566802p7566835.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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
