Well, whether I would buy the KPA800 for $2.8K depends on the bells and whistles list. And, whether there are toroids to wind and prep.....my eyes and nose is still trying to recover from the burning enamel insulation from over a month ago. The winding wasn't bad just the fumes...anyone have an MSDS on the enamel?
It might be interesting to note that Ameritron has a 600 watt solid state amp with power supply for $1300 including a newly released switching power supply. (I believe that includes shipping from HRO.) It does not have many bells and whistles. As a minimum you would need to add another $500-$600 for a tuner. So it looks like $2.8K for 800 watts with all the goodies might be a somewhat reasonable ball park price. However, that is getting into the region that only the dedicated and financially able ham will consider. Not sure how many are going to be sold to the rank and file ham. That begs another question as to where Elecraft is going and it's future if they are going to target the elite of the hobby. I'm sure some soul searching has gone on by the good folks in Aptos. Marketing is always ahead of a product in making a successful company. It will be interesting to see how all this will play out over the next 2-3 years. I really enjoy my K2. But, this gives me a desire to pause and see what happens. Jim, AB0UK K2, S/N 4787 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
