If you want this, its already out there. :) I purchased a 600w solid state "kit" amp, actually, it was a "kit" amp by happenstance. A brand new Ameritron ALS-600 that I had to do final QC on and replaced the original Slow-as-Moses TR relay with the AD5X full QSK micro switch board.
It's a wonderful little amplifier (now), in all honesty, but I would have happily paid the same amount of money (circa $1,300) for something I could have built from a box of parts and directly interfaced with the K3. Building stuff. That is a lot of the fun in Ham Radio for me, because I don't have the time or tools to design and build from scratch. When I started in Ham Radio, I was a Heathkit junkie. I had a basement full of two tone green back in the late '70's, and the K3 has reawakened that addiction, now that the kids are grown and I have time again. -lu- Message: 7 Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:15:50 -0600 From: WW2PT <ww...@arrl.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Amps To: lawrence libsch <llib...@bellsouth.net> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: <0b770874-a215-4116-8bb9-75002bdf9...@arrl.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes I'll weigh in, just in case the Aptos crew is taking notes and counting votes. ;-) An off-the-shelf, high-end appliance to compete with THP or SPE would be a high-cost, low-volume, low-profit venture, something I would not want to undertake in the current economic conditions if I were CEO of a small company like Elecraft. Personally, I'd love a small (500w or 600w) solid-state amplifier kit that I can build myself (a *real* kit, with soldering iron and everything!). Some of us don't have the time, tools, and/or smarts to homebrew such a creature on our own and would jump all over a kit like this. It doesn't have to be anything revolutionary, just a simple amp built around MRF150's or whatever. Base model would work with any rig to make it appeal to the mass market, with options to expand functionality (built-in ATU, K2/K3 interface, etc.), kind of like the way the K2 is marketed -- buy what you need. If it could be sold for less than a comparable Ameritron, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. 73, Paul WW2PT No virus found in this outgoing message Checked by PC Tools AntiVirus (6.1.0.25 - 6.14340). http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
