The reasons amps seem expensive: 1) They use expensive parts if bought new. Manufacturers can't/won't/don't use surplus, so they have to pay full price for everything. 2) Many of the parts are expensive because they're custom and/or low quantity items. 3) The market is relatively limited, so the engineering and tooling costs have to be amortized over fewer units. Elecraft has sold less than 6000 K2s since the rig was introduced in 1999. As good as the Elecraft amps obviously are, and as much as many of us want one, how many units can they reasonably expect to sell in the next 7 years? 73 de Jim, N2EY -----Original Message----- From: michael taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 22 May 2006 11:23:57 -0400 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRO
I'm curious, what makes RF amplifiers fairly expensive projects? I admit I have no experience or exposure to them, but as far as I can tell the two major building blocks are a power supply and a not terribly complex amplifier circuit. Is the bulk of the cost in the amp device(s) - power transistors or vacuum tubes/values? _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
