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

[qrv at kd4e.com]

For those who must have max-legal the 600w proposal is meaningless.

For the 10's of thousands who have owned and happily operated 600w
amps for decades it is not.

It is to that population I direct my request for a 600w discussion
alongside the 1.5KW discussion.

Thanks - David KD4E

> 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