I think the economical use of a combiner might be on DXpeditions where a number of other KPA500's might already be in attendance (with different owners).
A combiner would allow them to produce a kw on 80/160 (where +3db are most likely to matter) with equipment they already have. John AE5X http://www.ae5x.com/blog Those who already have a KPA500 it might be tempted to buy another KPA500 (kit) to get 1 KW output. This would be a 3 db extra signal strength at a cost of approx. $4.20 per watt which would be very expensive. The cost of the combiner would also have to be considered. The combiner with a dummy load and imbalance trip circuit might be feasible to market at approx. $500. ..Well I guess this is too expensive, but it surely would be nice to have a KPA1000 Elecraft linear amplifier. Roy Morris W4WFB ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
