Re: [Elecraft] WTB KPA-1500

2021-12-01 Thread Pete Smith N4ZR
Good advice. Sometimes, at least, updates can be effected with a board swap. In my case something failed on the LPF board, but it was easy to swap. One thing that I've run into is that unless you have trained the autotuner across the full range of frequencies on each band, you can encounter a

Re: [Elecraft] WTB KPA-1500

2021-12-01 Thread David Decoons
Congrats! Great amp! One word of advice if buying a used amp, contact service with serial number and ensure it has latest updates. There were some updates along the way that make the amp more reliable, including additional protection for the LDMOS devices. My amp went back for updates and has

Re: [Elecraft] WTB KPA-1500

2021-12-01 Thread Bob Perkins
Mine is due to arrive the day after yours, Larry, on Friday. Yes, Merry Christmas to us. I'm very excited. Bob NN5D On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 8:32 AM Larry Boekeloo wrote: > Hi everyone... > > I found what I wanted and the KPA-1500 will be here tomorrow, December 2. > > Merry Chrstmas to me! > >

Re: [Elecraft] WTB KPA-1500

2021-11-29 Thread john
Used KPA-1500's are not that hard to come by, there are two for sale right now on QTH.com https://swap.qth.com/search-results.php?keywords=kpa+1500=titl eordesc John KK9A Larry Boekeloo KN8N wrote: I'm looking for a good used KPA-1500. I know they are hard to come by. I have a KPA-500 and