Author: "Alfred J. Frugoli (KE1FO)" <frugoli@worldlinkisp.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:16:59 -0400
What amps are out there on the used market fur under $1000 that are sufficient for contest service (i.e. occational high swr due to tx into wrong antenna at 3am, easy to tune etc.) I've investigated
I have an SB-220, and it works pretty well. The power transformer is a weak link for contesting, but I have modified the amp for electronic bias switching, which quickly cuts off plate current in the
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Al: An amp that does not include 160 Meters is not a contest amp. It's not much of an amp at all! The 2-tube version of the Alpha 76A should fall within your $1000 limit. If you add ~$250 to your $1K
At 10:16 AM 8/20/04 -0400, you wrote: What amps are out there on the used market fur under $1000 that are sufficient for contest service (i.e. occational high swr due to tx into wrong antenna at 3am,
We find it very useful at W4CAT. The antennas there are reasonably well-matched but not exceptionally so. (1.6:1 or better) I suppose we might lose a few dozen watts to mismatches but I think we more
That depends if you're SO2R with 2 amps or not. I think you can get a lot of mileage out of having only one amp which can get on 160. It's not the end of the world if the other radio can't get on 16
Yep - and - not having 160 on your amp is not a problem for RTTY contests, Sweepstakes or any non-160 single band contests. -- George Fremin III - K5TR geoiii@kkn.net http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr _______
It's tremendous bad luck to operate on any band or mode in a contest with an amplifier that does not include 160 meters, whether you plan to use it or not. There may even be an associated medical syn