- 181. Re: [Amps] "Conventional" current flow (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 04:42:18 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Wrong there too. Lots of people deny that. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://li
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00026.html (8,915 bytes)
- 182. Re: [Amps] The cost of amplifiers, radios (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 01:40:12 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I agree, but a serious ham will find a way. Second job, used equipment, horse trading, etc. You might consider homebrew but I caution you: While you can
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00038.html (7,738 bytes)
- 183. Re: [Amps] Alpha 9500 vs. Acom 2000A questions (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 05:48:02 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: The Alpha 9500 can be left in autotune mode, but the manual recommends against it because of continuous "hunting" for a match. This no doubt will cause e
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00050.html (7,755 bytes)
- 184. Re: [Amps] Stock up on tubes? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 06:10:17 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: My advice is to get an amp with an 8877. They have been in production since 1970 at least and will probably be around that much longer. In every respect
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00051.html (7,970 bytes)
- 185. Re: [Amps] The cost of amplifiers, radios (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 06:28:23 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I've never owned a Henry, but all the ones I have seen talked about will not do 160 meters. Are there any models that will? And how about WARC? 73, Bill
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00052.html (8,230 bytes)
- 186. Re: [Amps] Not just you... The cost of amplifiers (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 06:41:31 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Can' resist a plug for FlexRadio. May I suggest before you add to your collection, check out the 6000 series. The panadaptor display will get you hooked,
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00053.html (8,420 bytes)
- 187. Re: [Amps] Stock up on tubes? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 13:41:04 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: If it were my SB 2xx amp I would replace the 3-500(s) with a single 8877. It is a smaller tube so it should fit OK, and a single 8877 has more power capa
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00059.html (8,713 bytes)
- 188. Re: [Amps] Stock up on tubes? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 14:03:49 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: The same attitude was common when transceivers moved from tubes to solid state. How did that work out? 73, Bill W6WRT ___________________________________
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00061.html (8,440 bytes)
- 189. Re: [Amps] Stock up on tubes? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 20:23:18 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: If you will forgive me for getting your callsign wrong, I will forgive you for totally misreading my message. 73, Bill W6WRT ____________________________
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00068.html (8,506 bytes)
- 190. Re: [Amps] Alpha 9500 vs. Acom 2000A questions (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 22:24:56 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Here's what the manual says about the matter: " We recommend that you use user memories rather than autotuning for normal operation. If you use autotunin
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00078.html (10,182 bytes)
- 191. Re: [Amps] Stock up on tubes? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 22:48:45 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: In terms of the device itself, that day is already here. The LDMOS devices from NXP are fully capable of replacing tubes in a legal limit amp and the pri
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00079.html (9,309 bytes)
- 192. Re: [Amps] Alpha 9500 vs. Acom 2000A questions (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 22:52:20 +0000
- Here's what the 9500 manual has to say about autotune: " We recommend that you use user memories rather than autotuning for normal operation. If you use autotuning for normal operation, hunting behav
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00080.html (9,584 bytes)
- 193. Re: [Amps] Alpha 9500 vs. Acom 2000A questions (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 01:48:14 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: and feels identical. It's just a matter of adding or subtracting reactance and matching impedances. The circuitry is a little different (not very much) b
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00088.html (8,838 bytes)
- 194. [Amps] Is it legal? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 01:59:56 +0000
- Something just occurred to me about the Harris RF-110A: Is it legal for amateur use? It is certainly commercially built but apparently not FCC type-accepted. Way too much gain for example. You can ho
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00089.html (6,560 bytes)
- 195. Re: [Amps] Stock up on tubes? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 21:15:02 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: No, one 8877 would replace two (or even three) 3-500's. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00101.html (9,180 bytes)
- 196. Re: [Amps] Stock up on tubes? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 23:14:01 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I'm not suggesting increasing the power output with an 8877 replacement, only that it is a better tube than a single or dual 3-500Z. For example, a pair
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00103.html (10,596 bytes)
- 197. Re: [Amps] Stock up on tubes? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 12:55:05 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Really? I can see retuning the input and the mechanical issues, but why would one need to change the bandswitch and other stuff mentioned above? Assuming
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00126.html (8,868 bytes)
- 198. Re: [Amps] COST OF AMPS/RIGS (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 00:05:05 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I've known guys, and you probably have too, who brag about getting 200 watts out of a 6L6 or the like. They think they're clever. I think they're idiots.
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00153.html (7,462 bytes)
- 199. Re: [Amps] COST OF AMPS/RIGS (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 06:32:10 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: My very first homebrew rig, built on an old TV chassis used Heising modulation. I was 15 in 1957 and that's all I could afford, but it worked. A single 2
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00157.html (7,628 bytes)
- 200. Re: [Amps] 600W vs 1.5KW amps was: Re: SS amps and autotune... (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 05:03:59 +0000
- -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: For casual operating, one S-unit makes little difference. For contesting and especially DXing, it's worth every penny. 73, Bill W6WRT ___________________
- /archives//html/Amps/2016-12/msg00179.html (7,880 bytes)
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