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

[Radioal]

"Why are they selling for $600-$700 on eBay?" - that question is 
rhetorical....rather, "why does anything sell on eBay at times for more that 
new prices?".   Maybe it is an excess of testosterone! -  "I'm not gonna let 
that guy outbid me!"

Your evaluation of the Clipperton V is exactly on-target.  Rather than have 
you feel ashamed to sell that piece of self-described junk for so much, I 
will offer you $200 (what it seems to be worth from your description) and 
also pay for shipping.

Al - K8EUR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JimMoci at aol.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 6:21 AM
Subject: [Amps] FS: DENTRON CLIPPERTON V 2 meter amp 500Watts


>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
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