I'll weigh in, just in case the Aptos crew is taking notes and counting votes. ;-)
An off-the-shelf, high-end appliance to compete with THP or SPE would be a high-cost, low-volume, low-profit venture, something I would not want to undertake in the current economic conditions if I were CEO of a small company like Elecraft. Personally, I'd love a small (500w or 600w) solid-state amplifier kit that I can build myself (a *real* kit, with soldering iron and everything!). Some of us don't have the time, tools, and/or smarts to homebrew such a creature on our own and would jump all over a kit like this. It doesn't have to be anything revolutionary, just a simple amp built around MRF150's or whatever. Base model would work with any rig to make it appeal to the mass market, with options to expand functionality (built-in ATU, K2/K3 interface, etc.), kind of like the way the K2 is marketed -- buy what you need. If it could be sold for less than a comparable Ameritron, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. 73, Paul WW2PT On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:48 AM, lawrence libsch wrote: > Group - > > For those who believe Elecraft can't compete in the amp market, > I ask you to consider the market into which Elecraft introduced the > K3. Now almost 4000 of us have sold or retired other high quality > transceivers for the K3. > It's excellent that many K3 owners already have quality amps > that function well for them. Many of us, however would like to > purchase an amp from Elecraft with true K3 compatribility and the > kind of quality and service advantages that Elecraft has brought to > the K3. > > > K4KGG, Larry ______________________________________________________________ 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
