[Elecraft] KXPA100 Schedule

2012-03-06 Thread Bruce Hammond
Anxiously awaiting my KX3, but meanwhile am also wondering when Elecraft will be taking orders for KXPA100 and what the price target is. Also interested in knowing how the PA connects to KX3: separate outboard BNC jumper or via onboard connectors. - 73 de KK7EL Bruce -- View this message in

Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 Schedule

2012-03-06 Thread Steve KC8QVO
It is my understanding the amp is a stand-alone unit that will work with any rig. The same can't be said for the module in the K2 where the K2-specific circuitry is required to run the amp. If it is truly independent, and remotable in, say, your car trunk then it would have to be totally

Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 Schedule

2012-03-06 Thread Dennis Moore
At the Elecraft booth at Radiofest this past weekend in Monterey I was given an estimated release of late summer for the amp. Saw a Powerpoint slide of the amp, looks kinda like a finned stereo amplifier you might find in a car stereo. I'd guess something the size of a brick with fins on top,

Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 Schedule

2012-03-06 Thread Wayne Burdick
Steve KC8QVO wrote: It is my understanding the amp is a stand-alone unit that will work with any rig. Yes. Maybe there is a band control circuit that will let the amp follow the rig? Yes, and for multiple types of radios. Also does RF-based band detection. Maybe in the future if I