- 1. [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry" <jsternmd@att.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:10:02 -0500
- I have had a long desire to build my own linear HF or VHF amp. I believe I have the electronic technical skills but after looking at some completed projects like those on WD7S website, I realized I d
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- 2. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: mikflathead@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:43:04 -0500 (EST)
- Become a Tool and Die maker. That is what I did.............. I have had a long desire to build my own linear HF or VHF amp. I believe I ave the electronic technical skills but after looking at some
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- 3. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:44:43 -0700
- That should only take you about 20 years or so !! 73, Dick, W1KSZ _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/am
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- 4. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:43:58 -0500
- Jerry, It often seems at though the only builders here are those who turn out works of art. But there are some who build functional amplifiers that aren't pretty. My main reason for amp building is i
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- 5. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Eddy Swynar <deswynar@xplornet.ca>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:46:47 -0500
- Hi Jerry, Some pretty good-looking shielded enclosures can be readily made using nothing more complex than aluminum panels, aluminum "L" brackets, & self-tapping metal screws--in fact, that's essent
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- 6. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: k7fm <k7fm@teleport.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:05:09 -0800
- Hello Jerry: Decades ago, when I was as poor as a church mouse, I wanted to do some build some wooden cabinets. But all I had was a circular saw and could not cut a board straight. I knew that I need
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- 7. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry" <jsternmd@att.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:18:08 -0500
- Thanks Paul, I would settle for not pretty, but functional and clearly adequate for RF and electrical safety aspects. Also wanted to use "stuff' I have accumulated over the years . I also don't mind
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- 8. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Vic Rosenthal <k2vco.vic@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:23:20 -0800
- You don't need to be an expert or have a lot of special tools. Look at my amp, <http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/4CX1000A/K2VCO%204CX1000A%20Amplifier.html> The only power tools I used were a drill press and
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- 9. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Ward Silver <hwardsil@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:33:35 -0600
- A good source of excellent cabinets is surplus or junked lab instruments. Not necessarily electronic instruments - chemistry, medical, or any large instrument enclosure will do the job. These are mad
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- 10. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Bill <dezrat1242@wildblue.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:46:02 -0800
- On 01/17/2014 07:10 AM, Jerry wrote: How does one break into this with limited workbench space other than an electronic workbench? I don't want to rain on your parade, but let's be realistic. You can
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- 11. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Jim W7RY <w7ry@centurytel.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:50:57 -0800
- Agreed Ward! When you see an old piece of equipment, visualize it as an amplifier cabinet. How easy is it to make a new front panel? New back panel? I've even bought old medical equipment for an ampl
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- 12. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Bill <dezrat1242@wildblue.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:58:08 -0800
- <http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/4CX1000A/K2VCO%204CX1000A%20Amplifier.html> The only power tools I used were a drill press and a hand-held jigsaw (a reciprocating sander can be used to make scratched up pa
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- 13. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: peter chadwick <g8on@fsmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:01:07 +0100
- Jerry, You do need some tools. An engineers square with ruler, a scriber, a centre punch and a hammer, drills - and don't get cheap ones, Sears used to and maybe still do some good German ones - a fe
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- 14. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: "Dino Darling" <dino@kx6d.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:15:51 -0700
- You can build one in a plywood box! Start here to LEARN... http://somis.org/ Dino - KX6D I have had a long desire to build my own linear HF or VHF amp. I believe I have the electronic technical skill
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- 15. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: "Jerry" <jsternmd@att.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:39:12 -0500
- Thank you to all who replied and offered advice. It has reinvigorated my quest to build my own amp. No matter how ugly it may appear it will be mine. I retire in mid 2014 and the amp project will be
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- 16. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:51:20 -0600
- Are we looking at the same amp? It looks like my output loading cap in my legal-limit amp, and it's never arced even into a high SWR. The output loading capacitor only has to handle about 300 volts.
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- 17. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Wilson <chris@chriswilson.tv>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:03:34 +0000
- Hello peter, I always point people making metal "boxes" to a YouTube video of a guy with a box pan folder in his (or probably his landlord's) living room. Proud as punch of his new toy he quickly rea
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- 18. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:29:32 +0000
- If you want a nice enclosure get an existing amplifier and build what you want in it. Plasma generators and such often go cheap on ebay after they have been listed several times. I have 4 myself alon
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- 19. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:03:56 -0500
- There is only one person who has to look at it and the first one doesnt have to be museum quality. I usually start at the local metal recyclers and make several trips over a few months picking up alu
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- 20. Re: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 (score: 1)
- Author: Harald <la6lha@mimer.no>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:30:42 +0100
- Oh...an adrenaline kick on a Friday night is great. Harald/LA6LHA Start here to LEARN... http://somis.org/ Dino - KX6D -- Original Message -- Subject: [Amps] Building an Amp 101 From: "Jerry" <jstern
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