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New Solid State Amp from Expert-SPE.

Posted: 13 Mar 2017 10:06 PM PDT
https://n6pse.wordpress.com/2017/03/...om-expert-spe/




I am a big fan of solid state amplifiers. I really enjoy my Elecraft KPA500
and my Expert 1.3K-FA solid state amplifiers. They perform extremely well
and I dont miss the three minute warm up time of my former 8877 based
amplifier.

This past weekend at the Montichiari (Italy) Ham Fest, SPE Expert
Amplifiers revealed a new solid state amplifier in their product offering.
It is the Expert 1.5K-FA amplifier. This amplifier comes standard with the
built in automatic tuner. It weights just slightly more than the Expert
1.3K-FA amplifier in the same form factor.

This new amplifier uses the latest NXP device MRF 1K50. Power is evenly
distributed across the bands, about 1600 W on 1,8MHz andÂ* 14MHz, on 6
meters (50MHz) about 1580/1590 W.

According to SPE, theÂ*Expert 1.5K-FAÂ*will beÂ*on displayÂ*in May at Dayton
Hamvention

Photos by IK4UAY.

What do you think?