I've owned a KPA1500 for 13 months now, and am very pleased. After being a ham for 59 years, I've used several both tube and solid state amps. Today in my shack, I have 3 amplifiers, and all three are solid state/LDMOS units, including a Palstar and a Flex. The KPA1500 is hands down my preferred "go-to" amplifier out of these three.
Before I ordered the KPA1500, I had an Alpha 9500 on order. After reading about so many problems others had with it, I cancelled that order and went for the KPA1500. There are advantages and disadvantages to both types of amplifiers, as we all already know. Someday, I may have trouble with my 1500, but so far, I'm very pleased. I use it on SSB, CW, and most all of the HF digital modes. I do always insure the amplifier tuner is engaged and tuned at low drive power before switching to the higher power. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
