It would likely cost over $10,000 like the Ohio based Dishtronix Prometheus and I do hear of many stations using them. Solid State amps typically do not handle high SWR well so if produced a KAT-1500 would be nice accessory. I am happy with my KPA-500/KAT-500 and the rest is an unlikely dream.
John KK9A >From Greg n4cc at windstream.net Sat Feb 20 12:24:29 EST 2016 Previous message (by thread): [Elecraft] KPA1500 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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]
