Everything you say about Elecraft is speculation, Ken. You don't know what it would cost them to produce the amp. My speculation is that they could do a better job than SPE -- if they chose to do it. How many would they sell? Who knows? The ham population is growing older fast and a lot of us old codgers can "afford" a new amp of that caliber. I have nothing against Ameritron amps...happen to own one myself...in addition to three Alphas and the KPA500 -- so no I don't "need" a KPA1500. But I would buy one just because I know the integration with the K3 and quality that would go into it would be fantastic -- not to mention that it would be from an American manufacturer with the best service in the industry. Furthermore, Elecraft is competing quite successfully against competition so I disagree that they would be "killed" by the amp competition. Alpha used to be the "Cadillac" but the company has deteriorated significantly. Acom and OM Power represent competition but neither one has a full bore solid state 1500 watt amp with headroom...Ameritron is OK but not the same craftsmanship or quality of Elecraft.
My original question to Wayne or Eric was how many people putting money down would it take for Elecraft to produce such an amp. It's strictly a business decision that only they can make. All the speculation in the world on this reflector is not worth the email it is printed on... 73, Greg-N4CC Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:59:35 -0600 From: Kevin Stover <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 142, Issue 38 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Apparently the principals at Elecraft have decided, quite some time ago, not to offer a 1500W amp. If you want an SSPA that will do 1.5K spend the $8K for the SPE 2KFA. If you think Elecraft can produce an amp of that caliber for less than $8K I've got some lakefront property for sale. There simply aren't enough hams ready, willing and able to spend that kind of money to make it economically viable. They'll get killed by the amp competition. As soon as all the fan boys with money are exhausted the market will dry up. $8K+ for an Elecraft SSPA or less than half that for an Ameritron AL-1500...and before you go down the "Ameritron is crap" road... a bunch of real famous contesters use the AL-1500 and win with it. ______________________________________________________________ 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]
