If you DX, where you will REALLY notice it, is no waiting period from
power on to use, mere seconds. Then you'll notice that once the KAT500
trained, everything simply WORKS, click on a DX spot (band changes won't
matter), work the station, BOOM! It matters.
Rick NHC
On 2/21/2018 1:09 PM, David Bunte wrote:
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
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