[SECC] [Contest] Tech Question

[Courtney Judd]

Tim I love my KPA1500... best thing since sliced bread and bottled beer! 
Comes with an utility downloadable to keep software updates... done one 
so far. Only thing I would change is temp display C... rather have F... 
hopefully they will make that user selectable down the road. Just 
unhooked antennas.... 20/9 noise static level and radar shows yellow/red 
line west of here so no 160 this evening.  I see b'ham fest next week 
end... looks in a  like different place... since 10 has been so bad I 
actually might show up....haven't been since they started on same date 
as ARRL DX Test.  Is the ACG going to have a table? I might drag my 
SB220 6 mtr conversion up there. cul Cort K4WI

> Tim Wininger <mailto:ky5rtim at gmail.com>
> Saturday, February 23, 2019 4:15 PM
> Roy it's a mixed bag so to speak as to solid state pwr amp.
>
> I too am in the midst of that decision as my 30 yr old Alpha's
> are showing their age these days.
>
> Yes I would point you to the Elecraft KPA-500 due to it's ease of 
> operation and
> not that much diff in $$$$. It's an all in one unit as P/S is builtin 
> ( not switching)
> and use current LDMOS final. Ameritron is old tech on all their HF 
> SSPA which
> have their own issues.
>
> You can find used KPA-500's for around 1.5K which is a decent cost 
> savings.
>
> Also look at the RMitaly BLA-600 which appears to be very well built 
> and priced well.
> It too has a linear power supply built in and uses LDMOS device.
>
> I had one of the 1st ALS - 1300's which had PS problems(switching 
> type) however
> know what I read is that Ameritron has rectified.  I gladly sold it 
> less than a year later
> to an op in Poland.
>
> Going from 5 to 6 hundred watts to 1 to 1.5 K is very pricey still 
> IMHO so guess I will be settling for
> less than a KW out in the near future.
>
> That's my take OM,
>
> Tim , AB4B
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 2:16 PM Roy Nagle <ranagle58 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:ranagle58 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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