[AMPS] SBE

[skipp isaham]

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:My guess that it was not built by the Side Band Engineers 
:that we are all familiar. Their logo was always block letters 
:and was blue. Although the logo in the photographs is 
:difficult to make out.
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I'm told by another ham friend (not a member of amps) that 
Dick of ex Wawasee Electronics bought SB-220's from 
heath and refaced them with other brands and modified 
circuits.  I have a few example pictures of said projects just 
in... quite interesting to look at.   Terible on a spectral 
display...
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SBE was in the Southern Part of California and in the South 
SF Bay Area.  Toward the end of their "stint" in radio, all kinds 
of things were made. I've also seen one of their Drake L4 
dual 3-500z amplifier clones.  
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So the magic question is... was the amp made by SBE or is 
it another Wawasee clone... or some one else's clone with 
an SBE label.   I would guess to venture it is an original SBE 
product.  I've seen similar projects from them that never 
made it to large scale production. 
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:I know that Side Band Engineers did make a small amplifier 
: that had a similar model  number. As I remember it had 
: sweep tubes in it.
: Curious if it has some actual Heathkit parts in it.
: Jim W7RY
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Would you believe a Swan 1200x clone.   They were made in 
much larger numbers and often pop up on Ebay. 
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cheers
skipp
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