[Amps] New SB-200 owner

[jeremy-ca]

> In a message dated 9/26/2007 8:14:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> sub1 at rogerhalstead.com writes:
>
> Were it  me, I'd start with a search for articles on such conversions. 
> They
> may or may not be on the net. I don't recall seeing any in the ham
> magazines, but I wasn't interested in doing a conversion until  recently. 
> As
> I recall the ARRL Handbook and amplifier books deal  with complete builds. 
> I
> don't know about QEX.
>
>
>
> To my knowledge there has not been a conversion published on the Sb-200 
> that
> I believe is worth trying.  I tried them in the beginning, found I had  to
> blow on the dials when tuning up so I can find "the sweet spot" for 
> everything
> to come together, but then, there are some that will be satisfied  with 
> that.


I second that emphatically Lou. There is a well known VHF operator near you 
who has replaced 10M in his SB-200 with 6M and even wrote an article about 
how smart he was.
 He has just about the crappiest signal Ive ever heard and has been told so 
by many. However he will not listen.

Carl
KM1H