After 45 years on the air, I'm finally getting an itch to bump my power over 100 watts; 500 - 600 watts seems like a reasonable amount of 75 meter power for me. I'm seriously looking at amplifiers and tuners, but hesitant to make a purchase decision before getting at least some warm fuzzies about the KPA-500 pricing and availability.
Been looking at a lot of new and used tube based amplifiers and 1KW tuners; getting the sense that I could spend upwards of $1500 for anything decent. If the KPA-500 is going to sell for close to that figure, or less of course, I can probably keep my money stashed and wait a few more months. It sure would look nice next to the K3 & P3. If, however, the KPA-500 is going to cost much more than $1500, I will probably go the tube route. So, what I'm hoping to get from someone "in the know" is a ballpark figure on the KPA-500. I assume the antenna tuner is built in, and not an additional cost. If that isn't the case, then knowing the ATU cost would also be helpful. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA-500-Features-and-Pricing-tp5511983p5511983.html Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
