Lets not forget... "Service".
On 4/18/2010 1:16 PM, Terry Posey wrote: > lu w4lt wrote: > > I can get an ACOM 1010 (admittedly, with a tube) around (below) that that > price with the handy TRI tuning and 800w to do the same thing, with > paperclip reliability to boot. > > Also, an ALS600 with the Linear Power supply, AD5X Full Break In mod and an > external bandswitching accessory plus an MFJ998 would come in considerably > under the $2,000 price. I should know. I own this configuration and it > works wonderfully at a total cost of just under $1,800 :) > > Matching boxes are nice, but they are not worth that kind of money for that > power level. 500 watts in kit form with a under $1,100 price point makes > much more sense in today's economic environment, with the added advantage of > me being able to build and service it (although the Ameritron is very simple > inside, easy to service and I don't have to build it, for two hundred > dollars more!). > > Sorry, but the Kool Aid seems to be starting to taste a little bitter. > > -lu-w4lt- > > ************ > > lu, I understand how you conclude your personal equipment druthers - and > there can be no criticisms for those choices. > > Let me suggest; however, that there is an "iron triangle" that most people > consider as trade-offs for purchases, either consciously or subconsciously : > 1) Performance, 2) Style, and 3) Cost. In general we all seek to maximize > performance in whatever we wish to acquire or purchase, whether it be power > level, duty cycle, weight, distortion, and HF and 6-meter band coverage. I > will argue that Style is also an issue for everyone on some level - do we > really need to have any of our cabinets painted? What about knobs? Must > they be black? Knurled? Plastic? Metal? Ultimately, Performance and Style > are phase-locked to COST. The more you demand of Performance and Style, the > higher the Cost must be. Considerations of 1) Performance, 2) Style, and 3) > Cost, send our personal choices in the directions that suit us as we > individuals deem best. Those choices have nothing to do with the taste of > anyone's Kool Aid. > > I have already acquired a high duty cycle, low distortion, 1.5KW amplifier > years ago. Now I would like a small, light, and portable HF+6-meter > amplifier for DXpedition duty. I personally will not consider ANY amplifier > that cannot Perform on 6-meters in a small stylish, compact, light, and low > distortion package. Your mileage does vary. > > 73, > Terry K4RX > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2819 - Release Date: 04/18/10 > 18:31:00 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
