How many people would it take to put $1000 or $2000 down toward a KPA1500 for Elecraft to produce it? I would, for one. And, I think I'm hearing quite a few people who would be in line for one, even knowing that the amp would be considerably more expensive than the KPA500. It sounds like a lot of the ground work is already done in the prototype. Wayne had his way with the QRP KX3...now it's Eric's turn... hi hi. Eric or Wayne -- comment?? 73, Greg-N4CC
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:02:00 -0600 From: Clay Autery <[email protected]> To: Guy Olinger K2AV <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I realize and agree with all of what you said... I would ONLY want to see the piece produced if it made sense for both sides of the equation... I wouldn't want anything to be done that might jeopardize the company's viability/longevity. I want them to be here LONG after I'm gone... Hopefully, long after my sons have wrung the last bit of usefulness from all my Elecraft gear that I leave behind! :) But I'm still pulling for them to be presented with a way to put one of these in my hands! 73, ______________________ Clay Autery, KG5LKV (318) 518-1389 On 2/19/2016 2:30 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > Lots of possible reasons why Elecraft might not do a 1500, but > specifically price breaks and unwillingness to adopt a product that > from other manufacturers has proven problematic at our price range for > well understood reasons. Elecraft has been conservative about > introductions, and that plays well for what they *do* produce. > > Ignore the boo-bird gallery on this reflector and note long term > performance of other ham manufacturers including near death brushes or > full on encounters with bankruptcy. Elecraft *grew* their business > during the great recession. Financially stable and responsive to > customers with great products. Hard to find combo, generally. > > Personally I'll let 'em do whatever they want (as if I could really > affect that). They *might* put out a 1500, which I would buy in a > heartbeat for the integration. But it wouldn't be a hacksaw job and it > wouldn't put their balance sheet near the edge, and it *would* have > gotten past all those issues that 1500's seem to be dogged with. > > 73, Guy > > On Friday, February 19, 2016, Clay Autery <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Shhhhh... We're starting a ground-swell... <grin> > ***************************************** ______________________________________________________________ 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]
