Chuck - A simplistic response is: 500 watts is 500 watts.... but where you will really notice the difference is in quick band changes. Both units are really amazing.
Take care and enjoy a truly rewarding experience. 73 de Dave - K9FN On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 3:51 PM, Chuck Chandler <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, yesterday after much thought I finally ordered the KPA500/KAT500-K > combo. The sale helped nudge me to do it now rather than later, but I had > been slowly settling on that package for a month or two now. > > I'm currently using a Heathkit SB-1000 amp - a fine amp, but manually > tuned. Plus, if I run it conservatively I usually am putting out around > 600 watts. Yes, it will do a kilowatt. For a bit, and that is pushing > it. So, I have worked plenty of DX and busted pileups with 500 to 600 > watts. It does seem to me that I am often QSY'ing quickly so the amp isn't > really peaked up, so half the time it's more like 500 watts out than 600. > > I am looking forward to building these - I read the manuals and can't wait > to dig into them.. For what it's worth, I was quoted a shipping wait of 5 > to 7 days at the most. I sure hope none of those pesky KPA1500's delay my > toys! > > I am guessing I will not see much difference between the two amps in terms > of effectiveness of the transmitted output signal in actually putting DX in > the log, but I wonder what others have observed? > > 73 de Chuck, WS1L > > -- > > > =================== > Chuck Chandler > [email protected] > =================== > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
