[Amps] 600W vs 1.5KW amps was: Re: SS amps and autotune...

[Steve Wright]

On 08/12/16 16:31, amps-request at contesting.com qrv at kd4e.com wrote:
> A 600w SS amp is not expensive to build - a 1.5KW is.
>
> Might we divide the discussion that way, please?

I submit that a 600W amp is more expensive to build.

Sounds counterintuitive, but when the question of WHY you would WANT a 
600W amp is factored in, then the answer is clearer.

I'd want a 600W amp for mobile, and for SOTA, some portable, but nowhere 
else.  If I built or bought a 600W amp for home use, I'd be pretty 
dissatisfied with it pretty quick, and then I'd be off looking for a 
decent amp, as well as having the difficulty of trying to sell that amp 
to someone who either hadn't thought it through properly, or genuinely 
wanted to use it for mobile or SOTA.  There is also the matter of the 
time wasted trying a less than useful gadget.

No way would I build a 'too small' amp for any situation, and then make 
do with second-best and be dissatisfied - that's very expensive.


Steve