[Amps] Which heathkit amp would you choose?

[Carl]

You better watch it Jeff, the voodoo science believers will be sticking pins 
in your doll as soon as they can figure out where the head, legs and arms 
go.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Carter" <amps at hidden-valley.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Which heathkit amp would you choose?


There's a whole lot of superstition surrounding these amps, good and
bad.  A lot of people have made a lot of money over the years scaring
the hell out of the portion of the Amateur Radio crowd that doesn't
understand electronics, which is a pretty large portion these days.

There are some mods that make things better, some that make them
worse, and some that do nothing at all.

If you do not do the mods, your SB-220s will not start spontaneously
creating antimatter, I promise.

Jeff

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Rex Lint <rex at lint.mv.com> wrote:
> Not sure why you're so down on 220's - mine was old when I got it and has
> served for 20 years. Same tubes, puts out solid KW, easy to tune, no mods
> needed, except when I had Icom 751 I needed a relay to key it. Works fine
> with FT1000MP and K3. I WOULD like to make it QSK, but haven't had the 
> guts
> yet. I'd like another for SO2R!
>
> -Rex-
>
> K1HI
> Rex Lint
> Merrimack, NH
> WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Mike Waters
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 1:05 AM
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Which heathkit amp would you choose?
>
> If you decide to buy an SB-220, be warned that 3-500Zs that sit idle for
> years can go bad. Do yourself a favor and Google '3-500z gettering'.
>
> If you decide to buy either an SB-200 or SB-220, be aware that you will
> likely require the Harbach soft-key mod to prevent damage to your
> solid-state transceiver.
>
> 73 Mike
> www.w0btu.com
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