"Christmas in "April" think not. Note they aren't taking orders yet! Just a list of interested potential buyers.
My timeline: Orders-late Dec ( New Years Eve) Ship--April 2018 Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Apr 21, 2017, at 11:13 AM, w7aqk <w7...@cox.net> wrote: > > Terry and All, > > Your view is shared by a lot of us, but not everyone. The hard core QRO > folks are having a euphoric experience right now. Christmas in April ! Well, > I think it is great that their wishes seem to have been granted. I suppose > if all the stars lined up just right I could be one of them! However, like > you, I have some difficulty justifying the cost/benefit. Also, I'd be hard > pressed to make something like that work at this location. So, I don't need > to spend a lot of time lamenting not having a bigger amp, and it really > wouldn't help me "hear" any better. It is not insignificant that it will > cost almost 3 times as much to gain only slightly more than 1 S unit. Then, > when you factor in the question of "how often do I really need that?", the > justification becomes even more obscure to me. One thing is for sure, a lot > of electricians just got more work! I strongly suspect not everyone is 220 V > ready! > > I think it is rather interesting how Elecraft has come to this point. Many > years ago, I saw first hand (at Pacificon) the two amps they had as > prototypes, one of which was "legal limit". Then they went silent for a good > while before coming out with just the 500 watt model. I thought that was a > very astute decision, but probably because it suited me perfectly. I can > only guess at how this strategy evolved. I actually expected this bigger amp > to come out earlier, but I do not second guess Elecraft on their decision > making. They seem to be pretty capable of making very good decisions without > my advice!!! The groundswell of interest in a bigger amp has been hard to > ignore, and obviously they didn't ignore it! Then Eric tickles everyone's > chain recently by asking "what would you want to see in a big amp?"! That > doesn't even meet the definition of "foreshadowing"! It was more like "check > your bank accounts folks!" > > Elecraft has nearly mastered the art of stimulating expectations. Have you > noticed that, when something clearly doesn't fit their plans, they will quash > the conversation, but when it isn't so far fetched the silence is deafening? > I think they have as much fun doing this as they do designing the stuff! I > can almost hear them giggling as they put together that cropped photo of the > new amp! Anyway, put on your crash helmets and protective gear at their > booths in Visalia and Dayton. It's going to be crowded! > > O.K. Now what do we talk about??? > > Dave W7AQK > > > ----------------------------------------- > From: Terry Brown <n...@comcast.net> > > > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to n...@widomaker.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
