Re: [Elecraft] My photos of the KPA1500 from Visalia, and a Y-BOX update

Although recently transplanted to NV, and really happy, I am a California Native, I did my childhood and teenager duties there, I graduated Cal Poly in Math there, and, after some travel thanks to the US Military, spent the last 40+ years in NorCal. I got my first ham ticket there in 1953, and

Re: [Elecraft] My photos of the KPA1500 from Visalia, and a Y-BOX update

In years past, I knew some "California Kilowatt" operators who considered 1500 watts to be QRP. 73, Bob N7XY On 4/26/17 12:16 AM, danny.higg...@keme.co.uk wrote: Isn’t 14060 the QRP frequency on 20M? Regards, Danny G3XVR From: Bob Wilson, N6TV Sent: 26 April 2017 02:36 To: Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] My photos of the KPA1500 from Visalia, and a Y-BOX update

The new amp is far smaller and lighter, has new LDMOS output devices, expanded display capability, additional rig/control interfaces including Ethernet, a separate power supply, much faster MCU with a lot more memory, more versatile fan control, redesigned cabinet that's RF-tight at all edges,

Re: [Elecraft] My photos of the KPA1500 from Visalia, and a Y-BOX update

I'll start: The old KPA1500 used 16 RF devices, the new one uses two. 73, Scott N9AA On 4/26/17 4:15 PM, W0FK wrote: For those who have a long memory and haven't forgotten, a KPA1500 was announced in 2006 at Dayton. http://www.n6ie.com/Elecraft.html It

Re: [Elecraft] My photos of the KPA1500 from Visalia, and a Y-BOX update

For those who have a long memory and haven't forgotten, a KPA1500 was announced in 2006 at Dayton. http://www.n6ie.com/Elecraft.html It never got off the ground. Glad to see it's finally here, albeit 11 years late. Wayne or Eric, how does the announced amp

Re: [Elecraft] My photos of the KPA1500 from Visalia, and a Y-BOX update

It is. You can hear a lot of SOTA activations around there, and QRPers seem to like 060 for CQing. It is somewhat ironic to park a 1500W-equipped station on the QRP calling frequency Someone in the booth had a sense of humor that day. 73, matt W6NIA On 4/26/2017 12:16 AM,

Re: [Elecraft] My photos of the KPA1500 from Visalia, and a Y-BOX update

Isn’t 14060 the QRP frequency on 20M? Regards, Danny G3XVR From: Bob Wilson, N6TV Sent: 26 April 2017 02:36 To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] My photos of the KPA1500 from Visalia, and a Y-BOX update If you'd like to see what a KPA1500 looks like next to a K-line, start here:

[Elecraft] My photos of the KPA1500 from Visalia, and a Y-BOX update

If you'd like to see what a KPA1500 looks like next to a K-line, start here: https://bit.ly/KPA1500atVisalia and step through the next five photos by pressing the "right arrow" key on your keyboard, or clicking on the circled arrow that appears on the right side of the photo when you move the