[Amps] new mobile amps from THP

Vic K2VCO vic at rakefet.com
Wed Jan 11 12:05:26 EST 2006


Jim Brown wrote:

> For at least a year, it's been an open secret that Elecraft is well along with 
> work on two models of high power amplifiers. It's rumored that one will run the 
> legal limit, the other will be 3 dB down. One or both will include a tuner. Wayne 
> Burdick, N6KR, the principal designer, said a few days ago on the Elecraft list 
> that they are about to begin "field testing," and have lots of remote control and 
> computer control capability, band sensing for popular transceivers, etc. I haven't 
> heard whether these amps will run on 13.8V. 

The FETs in the prototype that I saw were running at, I think, 60V.  The 
unit had a built in AC supply and is rather large (but only weighs 36 
pounds).  I don't think it's suitable for mobile use.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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