Right, Lou. You’re also getting a KX9 in your stocking. And your wife gets the complimentary purse unicorn.
73.5, Wayne N6KR > On Dec 14, 2017, at 1:36 PM, W0FK <[email protected]> wrote: > > I received my KPA1500 late yesterday. Contrary to pronouncements on the forum > by Elecraft, they’re ready to ship. Since I was first to order the amp and > sent in “something special” to Eric and Wayne, I got mine a week before the > established release to the general ham populace. Sorry guys, looks like I’m > the lucky one this time. > > I popped on the 220 connector I needed, reset the voltage to 220 on the PS, > and placed it below my bench on a rolling cart. I ran the cable up to my > equipment shelf, slid the RF deck on my shelf and connected the cable. > Beautiful, matching gray to the rest of the K-Line. I connected the cables > to my K3S, and powered it all up. The display on the amp scrolled “Elecraft > KPA1500” and the lights flashed through multiple colors until they set in > standby mode. I hit the switch to “operate,” set the antenna switch to my > dummy load, set RF out to the usual 35 watts on my K3S, and keyed the amp. > > What! 3500 watts out?!?! How is that possible? > > I then noticed a small 3M yellow sticky attached to the side of the amp. I > pulled it off saw a handwritten note from Wayne. “Lou – you got a special > first version of the amp. It had 4 finals in it, and a larger power supply. > We plan on releasing it at Dayton 2018, but since you’re a special customer, > wanted you to be first to own this heretofore unannounced beauty. Merry > Xmas!” > > I sat back in my chair, stunned. How can this be? What a great present! > > Then I heard a noise. I looked at the amp, and the display was flashing, in > bright red, “07:00”, “07:00”, and there was a loud buzzing. My mind raced, > and I heard my wife, saying “wake up already and turn off that damn alarm!” > > I rubbed my eyes after turning off the alarm and realized it had been a > dream. Looks like I have to wait like everyone else. And no 3500 watt > special. > > Yet…. > > Merry Xmas everyone! ;-) ______________________________________________________________ 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]
