Yeah, apparently they prototyped a single tube (can't remember what the final was) KPA-1500 years ago ..but never went anywhere with it. I have the KPA500 and an Expert 2k-FA and they both play perfectly with the K3. The KPA500 is about half the weight, a third the price, and much much quieter. High power solid state is still newish technology for Ham Radio application. Also remember, that a lot of the world has 400-500W output limits, so the market for higher power amps is somewhat limited. I had discussed with the Elecraft folks when they were at Seapac last year.
73 Steve KL7SB -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Cole Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 6:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 question Hi Slava, I would guess that it is the first 500 watt rule... The first 500 watts is the best 500 watts you will ever use... That and the entire device is a lot cheaper to make, plus smaller... -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info On Wed, 2014-05-07 at 08:06 -0400, Slava Baytalskiy wrote: > Hello everyone! > I'm a proud owner of a new K3/P3. > Almost there... > Can someone please explain to me the rationale behind the KPA500? Why 500W? > Is there a tremendous difference between legal limit and about half of it (which is what i hear KPA500 can do)? > I understand the ease of use, how the amp follows the radio. I get all that. But why half of max power? > Chances are i won't be buying any more amps for the foreseeable future if i get the KPA500 at Dayton this year, so i'd like to know that it will cover everything i need it to (and i have no idea what that might be). > > I hope this question isn't too confusing. > I'm a new ham (almost a year new), so please be gentle. > Thanks in advance! > __________________ > Slava (Sal) B, W2RMS > [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 > Message delivered to [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 Message delivered to [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 Message delivered to [email protected]
