I recently built an Elecraft KPA500 amp to use with my 5000A and have to say that it was money well spent. There were many QSO’s that the amp helped me compete that would not have been possible barefoot with my SteppIR BigIR vertical. Yeah I know that I really should put up a yagi but for some of us that is easier said than done.
A few months ago I was trying to complete a CW QSO with a HL station on 30M and 100 watts was not enough and I bet that 200 would have done the trick. So I ordered the amp and recently built it. Took about 6 hours and was very easy to do. So if you need an amp to cover 160-6 take a look at the KPA500. And NO I am not going over to the dark side. There is no way that I would ever go back to a radio with knobs again. And why would I want a radio with only 5 filters when mine has an infinite number of combinations? I am sure that the K3 is a "nice rig" but my 5000A is staying in my shack for a long time. Zack N8FNR _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
