Wayne and Eric,
You are both smart engineers and business men. Survey your market
before you manufacture high power amplifiers with an associated high cost.
There are plenty of amplifiers on the market new and old which do exactly
what is needed and interfacing is not such a problem. No one wants
Elecraft a small company to get into financial trouble. Four thousand K3
owners are not looking for the LPA 800/1500.
No matter what some say there are a number of us waiting for the P3!!!
It will be your call and we all hope for the best.
73 Doug EI2CN
-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lawrence Libsch
Sent: 08 February 2010 20:29
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] What became of the Elecraft's KPA1500 and KPA 800
>Frankly, It seems to me that good QRO amps are a glut >on the market. (see
THP, etc.)
>To be competitive in that market, any Elecraft offering >would have to be
highly innovative and I just don't see >much more that can be done.
Gotta disagree with this comment. There is no Elecraft-quality amp kit on
the market, indeed, maybe no 800, 1500 watt kits at all. But there are now
almost 4000 K3 owners, many looking for amps with straight forward K3
hookups and compatibility with the K3. If you don't think hookup and
compatibility of amps with the K3 are not an issue, you're not following the
reflector. Furthermore no one competes with Elecraft on customer service.
Again this reflector clearly demonstrates lots of interest in Elecraft amps.
>????????IMO, QRO is much more important than all >these trivial little toys
they are building now. I have a >much more pressing need for a KPA-XXXX than
>I do a panadapter (with limited features) and a >wattmeter. I have a very
nice panadapter that has rig >control from the computer, and it didn't cost
>700 bucks, and I can control it with the MOUSE
Gotta agree with this. Elecraft got left in the dust with their
panadapter. For $25, I built a Softrock for Elecraft K3
that runs Power SDR If you don't want to.build a Softrock, buy an LP Pan for
about $200. Again you can run Power SDR. Either way creates an inexpensive
panadapter that provides an amazing visual display significantly larger than
the P3 proposes. It provides 2 RX VFOs, even if your K3 has no subreceiver.
It provides point and click mouse tuning. And it provides entry to the world
of SDR. Elecraft's P3 apparently will not have I and Q jacks. This means no
adventures in SDR land for the folks who buy it. It's clear SDR will have a
significant role in the future of radio.
Wayne, Eric, WE WANT THE AMPS.
K4KGG, Larry, K3 # 799
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