Hey Carl, hold your fire! (RE: Pride HF amplifier for sale)
You may have jumped the gun on this one. I also have a Pride amplifier,
the same amplifier called a DX 300 in it's first version. It's a very
well built Multi-band HF amplifier using a single 4cx250. It's also a
clean amplifier (on my HP 8920A), with some nice features. Grid driven,
this amplifier Makes the lower power (and qrp) HF rigs (Yaesu, Kenwood
and others) put out a respectable signal. It has one of the most
practical drive circuits I've ever seen applied, a 9-1 toroid and passive
grid.
There are HV interlocks, a true reading watt meter, solid continuous duty
power supply and good shielding. Best of all, its a desk-top unit of
practical size.
Yes, this amplifier was very popular with the CB crowd, but most of the
11 meter crowd in my area have and use SB-220 and Henry amplifiers. It
was built and sold as any amateur amplifier.
I enjoy using the amplifier as a 4cx250/350 tube tester.
I repaired one for a local ham years ago (tr-relay problem), and was so
impressed with the quality of construction that I purchased one and had
it shipped from Florida to my house here in California.
For daytime weekend conversations on 40 meters, I like to use the
mid-size amplifier to get past the foreign broadcast, not an SB-220,
Henry, BTI or 30S-1... it's just too much. So these amplifiers have their
place... Don't knock them until you've seen one up close. This one has a
use in the amateur world, even if you don't like the name.
The only thing I didn't like was the price. IMO It's only worth about
$300/$350
here comes the heat...
73's
skip
nospam4me@juno.com
[snip]
>Have a mint cond.Pride KW One 10-80 meter amp.This is a very compact
>little amp that uses a single 4CX250B tube
:You got to be kidding! $550 for a CB amp that can splatter over the
:complete HF spectrum if anyone believes your specs!
Please....reconsider advertising that sort of junk here.
BTW, you can buy a real amp....SB-220 style for a lot less and get a
clean 1200W out.
> NOTE: RF Parts carries most of the major compenents for this
>amp.Such
>as the Plate and fil.transformers,HV boards,etc.Very easy to work
>on.Everything just plugs in.
Yeah...in their illegal CB amp section.
73 Carl KM1H
> Have picture I can e-mail if interested.
>
>73"s
>Stan (530)241-0843
>
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