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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Tim,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can also look into the KP 990 (there is a video of someone using it with the Hermes Lite on youTube)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also the MX-P50M, I have personally used this with various radios but with a simple buffer circuit on the PTT line and a flyback diode. Search for KBRRLW’s mod that incorporate these with the MX-50M<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I used a kxpa100 with a Hermes Lite with a buffer before I sold my Hermes Lite<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>73 de k1jbd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>bammi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tim KC1RET<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 20, 2023 11:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> Stephen Crook <scrook@comcast.net><br><b>Cc:</b> bars@w1hh.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bars] HF amp kit recommendation?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Thanks Steve, I'll give them a look although I'm betting that the Elecraft is going to be a 'bit spendy'.<br><br>Mostly, I'm just looking to bring an SDR (Hermes Lite 2) up to par with my existing transceivers.<br><br>73,<br><br>T.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/20/2023 20:29, Stephen Crook wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=p1 style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position:
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auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><span class=s1><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>An Elecraft KXPA100 or a Xiegu XPA125B…</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=p1 style='margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;font-stretch: normal;font-size-adjust: none;font-kerning: auto;font-variant-alternates: normal;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;font-variant-position:
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auto;font-variation-settings: normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><span class=s1><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>(100 W vs. 50W)?</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Not sure +13dB vs. +10dB will make much difference from QRP. <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> = Steve — KB1LKR =<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Jul 20, 2023, at 7:02 PM, Tim KC1RET <a href="mailto:kc1ret.radio@gmail.com"><kc1ret.radio@gmail.com></a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>I have a need for an HF (80m - 6m) amp., preferably a kit, with somewhere in the neighborhood of 100w out with a 5w drive. Recommendations/suggestions are welcome!<br><br>BTW, I have looked at the Hardrock but that is only 50w and I'd like a bit more punch.<br><br>73,<br><br>T.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>includes</span></em> a headphone jack.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=150 style='width:112.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://kc1ret.com/img/kc1ret-qsl-card-front-v3.png"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=130 height=83 style='width:1.3541in;height:.8611in' id="_x0000_i1038" src="https://kc1ret.com/img/kc1ret-qsl-card-front-v2-sm.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h3>Tim Carter - KC1RET<o:p></o:p></h3></td><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=13 height=13 style='width:.1319in;height:.1319in' id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://receptiveaudio.com/static/phone-icon.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="tel:1.978.710.0133">+1.978.710.0133</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=13 height=13 style='width:.1319in;height:.1319in' id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://receptiveaudio.com/static/email-icon.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:kc1ret.radio@gmail.com">kc1ret.radio@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=30 style='width:22.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=24 height=24 style='width:.25in;height:.25in' id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://receptiveaudio.com/static/link-icon.png"><="" td="" data-unique-identifier="" moz-do-not-send="true" width="13"> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://kc1ret.com">https://kc1ret.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p>"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." -- <i>Albert Einstein</i><o:p></o:p></p><p style='-webkit-margin-after:.5em;-webkit-margin-before:.5em'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Warning: Spelling errors in this message are the product of a poor school system. 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