[Amps] Sad State of the Hobby

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

They had AC power problems. The failure didn't have anything to do with 
the fact that it was a solid-state amp. Many DXpeditions have used 
KPA500s and other solid state amps successfully.

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
On 21 Jan 2018 00:42, Thomas Walsh wrote:
> Actually the 6o6o dxpedition to Somalia had the kpa500
> and the 1000, the 500 died aprox. three days into the
> operation and they didn't even operate most of the day..
> This speaks volumes about ss' capabilities in demanding
> operations which aren't even close to CCS. Sure if you
> operate sparingly and let it cool down in between it'll
> probably last ten years. But this was the first real dxpedition
> using one and it failed very quickly. Damn I really needed 6o
> too. Oh well
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Jan 20, 2018, at 07:14, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco.vic at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not so.
>>
>> <http://www.elecraft.com/KPA1500/KPA1500.htm>
>>
>> 73,
>> Victor, 4X6GP
>> Rehovot, Israel
>> Formerly K2VCO
>> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
>>> On 20 Jan 2018 09:30, Jim Thomson wrote:
>>> ##  But you are correct about the SS  legal limit amps.   Nobody is commercially making them
>>> anyways.   The best we see is stuff that barely runs  ICAS  on cw.   The SPE wont handle
>>> processed  SSB, nor 10 wpm CW, without dropping in power from 1.5 kw.... down to 1 kw.
>>> The latest amp from flex, has the fans screaming away at  1.5 kw cw