Re: [Elecraft] KW Amp Prices

2005-04-26 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:45:50 -0700, Vic Rosenthal wrote: >Suppose you have a couple of hundred watts and you are trying to work DX on >160 >meters. There will be lots of times that you call a station and he simply >doesn't hear you. If you are just below the noise level at his location, a >c

RE: [Elecraft] KW Amp Prices

2005-04-26 Thread Peter Zenker
Vic, I love your arguments: > Suppose you have a couple of hundred watts and you are trying > to work DX on 160 meters. There will be lots of times that > you call a station and he simply doesn't hear you. If you > are just below the noise level at his location, a couple of > DB may put you

Re: [Elecraft] KW Amp Prices

2005-04-25 Thread Paul Gates
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KW Amp Prices > > In a message dated 4/25/2005 9:15:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The least expensive of the lot is the new

Re: [Elecraft] KW Amp Prices

2005-04-25 Thread JS
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KW Amp Prices [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you spend one tenth of that amount sprucing up your antenna system you will get more benefit. If you already have a 'basic tribander' or similar on a 40

Re: [Elecraft] KW Amp Prices

2005-04-25 Thread Vic Rosenthal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you spend one tenth of that amount sprucing up your antenna system you will get more benefit. If you already have a 'basic tribander' or similar on a 40-foot tower, the next step up is to a 'serious' beam on a 70 foot tower. That will cost you more than most a

Re: [Elecraft] KW Amp Prices

2005-04-25 Thread DYARNES
In a message dated 4/25/2005 9:15:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The least expensive of the lot is the new Tokyo Hypower HL2KFX at around $2600 plus $330 shipping. Its a bare bones KW amp at 54 lbs with its built in switching power supply. If you add a KW autotu

[Elecraft] KW Amp Prices

2005-04-25 Thread frank
All of the current breed of KW solid state amps use 8 each MRF-150 Mosfets in the output stage. 1000 watts keydown output is the maximum you can squeeze out of those 8 transistors and still have a margin of safety. The least expensive of the lot is the new Tokyo Hypower HL2KFX at around $2600 plu