Addressed to KXPA100 owners, or KXPA100 manufacturers: I was showing photos (from the Elecraft web site) of the KXPA100 amplifier to a friend of mine (the amplifier is next on my to-buy list). He is a relatively recent ham operator but a General class holder of way back in the 1960s. Last year, he bought a K3/P3 and is very interested in acquiring more Elecraft equipment.
So, this friend, also a retired EE (comms and telemetry), is shocked to see a slide switch, reminiscent of his old Heathkit days, as the power on switch. I had never noticed it before. His comment: "Why the antique component, that will break within a year". My question: is this true? Will this switch break within a year or is it much better quality then my friend remembers as being on his old Heathkit rigs. Actually, I am not sure which Heathkit rig he is referring to, whether his DX-60 or DX-100 or what. Or, maybe my friend is particularly hard on slide switches. I have to admit that after being used to all of the push button switches on the Elecraft rigs (K-line, KX3) I too was a little surprised at the slide switch (just now remembered that my KX1 has two small slide switches on it). Though, I have no knowledge of whether push button is better than slide switch anyway. 73, phil, K7PEH ______________________________________________________________ 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]
