Rick Boswell

#124

Looking to buy this pair after seeing? many favorable reviews. Some questions:

1. What color is the case on current production units? Some photos seem to show black, while others seem to show dark gray. I want to be sure to get both units in the same color (gray if available).

2. Some have suggested the? touch screen on the LA-1K should also be used on the HF Auto. Any known work in this direction?

Rick
K8EZB

#125

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Rick you will enjoy the la-1k and the HF Auto. I purchased them last year and they are great.?

WA0ZBL

Hayes Copeland

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From: "Rick Boswell (frboswell@...)" <frboswell@...>

Date: 1/28/19 10:58 AM (GMT-06:00)

To: [email protected]

Subject: [la1k] LA-1K / HF Auto purchase

Looking to buy this pair after seeing? many favorable reviews. Some questions:

1. What color is the case on current production units? Some photos seem to show black, while others seem to show dark gray. I want to be sure to get both units in the same color (gray if available).

2. Some have suggested the? touch screen on the LA-1K should also be used on the HF Auto. Any known work in this direction?

Rick
K8EZB

#126

You will love the LA-1K.? Got mine couple months ago and it works like a dream.? On 6 meters puts out a KW with only 40 watts drive.? I use TRX-Manager to run it remotely on the computer.

73

Paul

NO0T

Paul Sobon
1700 Bassett Street, #1904
Denver, CO 80202

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On Mon, Jan 28, 2019, 10:31 AM Rick Boswell <frboswell@... wrote:

Looking to buy this pair after seeing? many favorable reviews. Some questions:

1. What color is the case on current production units? Some photos seem to show black, while others seem to show dark gray. I want to be sure to get both units in the same color (gray if available).

2. Some have suggested the? touch screen on the LA-1K should also be used on the HF Auto. Any known work in this direction?

Rick
K8EZB

David ~ K1SZO

#127

I've had mine only month maybe two, but they are wonderful.  I'm extremely happy with the set.  Extremely simple to use.

As for the case.  I'm not in front of mine now, but I believe the case is black and the face plate is a darker grey.  Here is a link to an image of mine.  

The touch screen on the LA-1K will not operate on the HF-AUTO. They are connected only via coaxial jumper.  The controls on the HF-AUTO are controlled via physical buttons so you wouldn't even be able to replace the screen on the HF-AUTO and use it that way.

73,
David ~ K1SZO

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On 2019-01-28 11:58, Rick Boswell wrote:
Looking to buy this pair after seeing  many favorable reviews. Some
questions:
1. What color is the case on current production units? Some photos
seem to show black, while others seem to show dark gray. I want to be
sure to get both units in the same color (gray if available).
2. Some have suggested the  touch screen on the LA-1K should also be
used on the HF Auto. Any known work in this direction?
Rick
K8EZB
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[4] /g/la1k/editsub/1594131
[5] /g/la1k/leave/defanged

Bob NN5D

#128

Rick,

Bob Perkins?<nn5d.bob@...>

3:10 PM (12 minutes ago)

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I purchased both units two months ago (early December). On both of my units, the color is a fairly dark gray -- not black, however the shades of gray don't match each other exactly.

If I have any complaint at all, it would be about a service issue. My LA-1K had the finals go out just seconds after powering the unit up for the first time.? After sending it in for warranty repair, Palstar called on the phone blaming me for causing the finals to die. The remark was, "I don't know what you did to cause this to happen."? They couldn't figure out why the finals died, so they seemed to think I caused it.? ?I had never driven the unit with more than 40 watts, and the SWR was well under 2:1 for the few seconds before the finals failed.? I had followed all precautions that were recommended by Palstar.? The bottom line is, the finals were defective, plain and simple.? That's why we have warranties to protect the consumer from these kind of defects. Why they wanted to blame me, a brand new customer, didn't seem to promote quality customer service, in my thinking. Anyway, they expected me to pay the return shipping, which I did because I wanted my amplifier back. So, if I question anything about Palstar, it would be the way they handled this warranty situation.??

If you decide to purchase either or both of these units, you'll have very high quality gear that will give you great service.

#129

I've had my pair almost a year now. I absolutely love them ! It's about as close to having an easy to use 1kw transceiver as you can get. Mine are both black in color. My wish list, the same touch screen on the tuner, and legal limit on the amp.?