[Amps] How about a Solid State MARS amp??? fwiw

[RAY FRIESS]

I'm curious as to whether you are referring to taking an amp that was used on MARS and changing it for ham use, or vice versa.

If the first, I would say, don't waste your time.  As a MARS member, I can assure you that you will be taking a perfectly good amp and "dedicating" it to a purpose for which you will rarely use it, other than to say "no traffic" or "hi, nothing here for the net."   MARS has no viable missions at the present time so there is little if anything done on MARS nets, especially on VHF frequencies.   The MARS VHF nets in this state, of which I was a net control for a long time, were shut down years ago because of lack of interest, participation and purpose.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Thompson<mailto:g8gsq at eltac.co.uk> 
  To: amps at contesting.com<mailto:amps at contesting.com> 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:43 AM
  Subject: Re: [Amps] How about a Solid State MARS amp??? fwiw



  > sigh, what dreams.  but how about a MARS solid state amp???  oh heck, while we
  > are wishing, how about a conversion to drop that amp into the 3000A ??? hihi
  Here's one possible starting point:
  http://www.communication-concepts.com/eb104.htm<http://www.communication-concepts.com/eb104.htm>
  It would probably come in at $1/W or thereabouts by the time you 
  add a heatsink, box and filter. A PSU from the surplus market 
  should not break the bank.

  Steve
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