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Re: [TenTec] Argonaut V and an amplifier

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Argonaut V and an amplifier
From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com>
Reply-to: gsm@mendelson.com,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:56:50 +0200
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On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 06:41:02PM -0400, wa3fiy@radioadv.com wrote:
> I have an idle SB-200 here so I ran some tests to see what 20 watts drive 
> would do.  Found several interesting and maybe discouraging things.

....

> While the setup will work, I'm not so sure it's the best way to go.  What 
> other options do you have?

I'm out of the U.S. so I am not sure, but I thought that in the last
year the FCC dropped the rules about HF amps that killed the 5 watt in
amplifiers like the TenTec 405.

I've seen discussions on NetNews/Usenet that they are available again.

Another common practice back when I did live in the U.S. was to go
to a truck stop, buy a CB amp and clean it up. According to the articles
I read, some were quite good and made fine additions to any ham shack.

While that may not have been 100% legal then, if the ban has indeed been
dropped it would be now.

Geoff.
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