And the reason you "need" the extra 1000 W is that the others in the
pileup are all running max power. A typical arms race, with tempers to
match.
George, W3HBM
On 4/20/2017 9:39 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II wrote:
Well you might consider this. I do a lot of DXing from J6. Typically the
pile-ups are hundreds if not more people calling once it gets going. That 1
s-unit difference can mean the difference between working the DX or the band
going out before you do. It's personal, right? Kinda of reminds me of the
"I really don't need the horsepower of a corvette" argument. Yep, maybe you
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-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Terry
Brown
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 8:12 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KPA 500 vs New 1500 watt amp
If the new Elecraft amp is indeed 1500 watts it might be worth considering
that going from 500 to 1500 watts is only about 4.5 Db or less than 1 S-unit
in signal strength. If I owned the KPA 500 it would be a hard sell to get
me to move to ANY 1500 watt amp.
Respectfully,
Terry, N7TB
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