[Amps] MRF150 based 1500 watt amp design/cost

[Billy Cox]

>So we are talking about $1200 for the core electronics (still need a
>cabinet, control circuitry, fans, heat sink, power supply, meters, etc.).
>Seems pretty reasonable for a 10-160 meter auto tune amp that should
>loaf at 1500 watts out and require well less than 100 watts of drive.
>
>What am I missing?

Want to see what that would look like? Look at the Yaesu VL-1000 ...

Not quite 1.5k out ... but does includes power supply and the needed 
RF output filtering, and everything else ... it's a 8x MRF150 setup.

So, could a person really build one cheaper than buying one?  Mnn ....

73 Billy AA4NU