[Amps] FS: DENTRON CLIPPERTON V 2 meter amp 500Watts

[JimMoci@aol.com]

I have for sale a Dentron Clipperton V 2 meter amplifier rated @ 500 watts 
input with a 4CX250B. It is in pretty good cosmetic shape except for a small 
ding in the left corners.  As far as working condition goes it does work but I 
think this amp is a piece of junk! (Hey I am honest) It has a tank circuit- it 
is not a stripline design like it probably should be @ 2 meters. It runs 
awfully hot and has a severly under sized blower. The tank circuit is under sized 
and runs very hot- so hot that it melted the solder running 200 watts FM. At 300 
watts out it runs fine on SSB but I think it is still way to hot. These 
junkers are going for $600-700 on Ebay. Why? I dont know why but my guess would be 
a solid state 300watt amp is $700 and you still need an Astron RS70 to run it. 
I think it would be fine if someone installed a much larger blower but that 
would require hacking the cabinet which would ruin the collectability of the 
amp. At least it would be functional and reliable then. Better yet would be to 
convert it to stripline- there is enough room with some cabinet work and 
hacking. It would also be an excellent candidate for a six meter conversion where a 
conventional tank design is usable with a 4CX250B. I would like to sell this 
Denny Dentron junker -boatanchor for $550 to someone who can appreciate it for 
what it is!! 
Thanks & 73, Jim W3ATV