[Amps] Mobile Amps

[Bob Maser]

And the reserve is $950, for an amp that needs major mods to work on the ham 
bands???  It's hard enough to find a ham willing to spend that much on legit 
ham gear, and it's not even made in Japan!

Bob  W6TR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Matney" <craxd1 at verizon.net>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 9:28 AM
Subject: [Amps] Mobile Amps


> All,
>
> I ran across this solid state amp on ebay and thought it might be a good 
> one to convert over to amateur service. I about bet now it's class C but a 
> bias circuit can be added. It doesn't have a good RF keyer in it either. 
> However, the builder did add an air variable capacitor for output tuning 
> which is a step up for most. This "Pac Man" brand is a name I've never 
> heard of. From the pictures though, it looks like a good candidate inside 
> and that it may have enough room for a bandswitched filter board. If your 
> not interested in buying it, the pics give a good idea of what they look 
> like on the inside. Also, this amp uses 8 sets of push-pull amps using 16 
> transistors. In other words, it's a big amp.
>
> Link;
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/PAC-MAN-16-PILL-10-METER-AMP_W0QQitemZ5794298630QQcategoryZ48700QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> Best,
>
> Will
>
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