I have for sale a Dentron Clipperton V 2 meter amplifier rated @ 500 watts
input with a 4CX250B. It is in pretty good cosmetic shape except for a small
ding in the left corners. As far as working condition goes it does work but I
think this amp is a piece of junk! (Hey I am honest) It has an LC tank circuit-
it is not a stripline design like it probably should be @ 2 meters. It runs
awfully hot and has a severly under sized blower. The tank circuit is under
sized and runs very hot- so hot that it melted the solder running 200 watts FM.
At
300 watts out it runs fine on SSB but I think it is still way to hot. These
junkers are going for $600-700 on Ebay. Why? I dont know why but my guess would
be a solid state 300watt amp is $700 and you still need an Astron RS70 to run
it. I think it would be fine if someone installed a much larger blower but
that would require hacking the cabinet which would ruin the collectability of
the amp. At least it would be functional and reliable then. Better yet would be
to convert it to stripline- there is enough room with some cabinet work and
hacking. It would also be an excellent candidate for a six meter conversion
where a conventional tank design is usable with a 4CX250B. I would like to sell
this Denny Dentron junker -boatanchor for $550 to someone who can appreciate it
for what it is!! :)
Thanks & 73, Jim W3ATV
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