Got to see the new amp in action last night at the Crowne Plaza hotel - this is where the main DX and contest suite is at in downtown Dayton. About 11PM Eric showed up with the amp, a K2 to drive it and a dummy load. Eric set the amp up in the hallway for passer-byes to see. I will try to get the info as correct as best I can. Will have to wait for Elecraft to clarify any details. - What was shown was a prototype 800-1KW solid-state amp - It was driven with about 30-40W from a K2 and was putting out about 1KW into a dummy load - It is about 80% the size of an 87A and looks very much like the Alpha. - Weight is about 35 lbs with a self-contained switching supply. - It is set up for SO or SO2R. There are SO-239 connections for 2 antennas and 2 rigs. You can be transmitting with the amp with one rig while listening through the amp with another rig. There are two RS-232 ports on the amp. In theory it looks like the amp could be remoted and run from a PC if you desired. - After the release of this version there will be a 1.5KW version. I believe this version will use an external power supply. This lower power version may be upgradeable to the 1.5KW version. - The amp will be offered fully assembled and tested and also as a kit. It sounds like the assembled version will be about $3K and the kit about $2.5K. Critical areas such as the 2 final boards and parts of the switching supply will be pre-assembled and tested. - This version of the amp should be released late summer, early fall. - It should handle SWR in the 3-4:1 range. It uses band-pass filters so no-tune.
Bottom line - It looked real nice. I plan on getting one when it is available. Off to the airport to head home from another wonderful weekend at Dayton. 73, N2TK, Tony -----Original Message----- From: N2TK, Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 5:11 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Anything News at Dayton from Elecraft?? Yep there is. It's a new amp N2TK, Tony -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave G. Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 7:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Anything News at Dayton from Elecraft?? The subject says' it all ??? Hope, Wish, Blow out the candles... Dave KK7SS _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
