[CQ-Contest] KPA-1500

[Jim Brown]

Some key component of Elecraft's design philosophy have always included 
compact size, light weight, minimum current draw, menus that only are 
needed for setup and configuration, not while operating, 
configurability, and high performance. Setting up my operating desk got 
a LOT easier and less cluttered when I replaced "big boat" FT1000MPs 
with a pair of K3s. And the fact that the P3 spectrum display is compact 
and outboard makes it easy to place it above or alongside the radio, 
allowing more space-efficient (and user friendly) setup of the operating 
desk. And the KAT500 tuner is sized and designed so that it can live 
either on top of or underneath the KPA500, or separate from it.

Likewise, the YCCC SO2R box helped a lot with getting "stuff" off the desk.

73, Jim K9YC

On 8/28/2017 8:44 AM, Ria Jairam wrote:
> I get the impression that the separate power supply in the KPA1500 was
> a means of getting the amp to line up with the rest of the "K-Line."