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Re: [Amps] Sad State of the Hobby

To: Lee Bahr <L@w0vt.us>, "amps@contesting.com" <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Sad State of the Hobby
From: David Smith <w6te@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:31:33 +0000
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Hi Lee,

Go to Jim's website. State of the art designs and kits available. www.w6pql.com

73,

Dave W6TE

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From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Lee Bahr
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 7:08 PM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: [Amps] Sad State of the Hobby

A friend of mine has been getting himself interested in building a super Full 
legal limit solid state amplifier.  What is catching his attention are the 
relatively low cost high power FETs available out there.  I know he is looking 
at the modules available from some Russian on eBay.  He has started to get me 
interested but I am no design engineer.  This evening I started researching 
this topic on the internet and was amazed at the lack of good info on the 
subject.  Stuff there is 10 to 15 years old.  I did a search at the ARRL web 
site and they have a 1000 watt amp article in their QEX magazine but that was 
way back around 2002 or so. OLD TECHNOLOGY! What is this?  Nothing for 15 
years?  I knew the ARRL was falling behind in their technical articles but 15 
years with no amp construction article?  Man, this is truly sad!  I suspect 
there are no decent articles on building one anywhere.  This hobby has truly 
sunk to a new low.  Guys can't even build their own dipoles anymore.  I admit I 
am no design engineer but I can still build stuff.  Even on this reflector I 
can't remember any talk about modern day amps and how to build one using the 
newly offered high powered FETs.
Lee, w0vt

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