Eric, WA6HHQ, gave a presentation titled "High Performance Ham Radio: Inside KPA500 & Elecraft K-Line" at various hamfests in 2011, including Huntsville where I attended. He explained that they built three different sized prototype amplifiers for proof of concept and to establish the cost for each. He indicated that when that effort was complete the KPA500 was thought to be the best fit for the market at that time. When asked what happened to the legal limit amplifier, he said that it was in his shack. Eric can correct me if I have failed to remember his presentation accurately.
The Huntsville hamfest in 2011 was very memorable for me. I was ready to buy a new radio to replace my FT-1000 and had narrowed the field to the FT-5000 and K3 by the time I arrived at the hamfest. After attending Eric's presentation and speaking with him twice at the Elecraft booth, my mind was made up. I slept on my decision a few nights and ordered a K3, P3, and KPA500 later that week. I have never regretted that decision.
73, Bill - NA5DX On 12/13/2014 5:00 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Message: 7 Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:20:26 -0700 From: Ken G Kopp<[email protected]> To: Richard Thorne<[email protected]> Cc: Elecraft Reflector<[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft] KPA1500 ? Message-ID: <cad4cdtnvtpzo2g+qgna1q2drpwo2dj5_odh-7hvrycpw4pr...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 It's my understanding that Elecraft did indeed have such an amplifier on display at Dayton a few years ago. I don't recall the reason it wasn't brought to market. 73 Ken Kopp - K0PP
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