[Amps] Which heathkit amp would you choose?

[Roger (sub1)]

On 4/13/2011 4:00 PM, Carl wrote:
> 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.

I was a gonna say...I got my straw, strings, incense, a little bit of 
swamp grass, old amp parts, and CB linears changed to class C,  and 
needles ready to go. <:-))  Talking down on Voooo Dooo like that in 
reference to a mere SB220.  I make good money with these secrete 
incantations. How do you think I got my own airplane? Conjured it?  But 
I gotta admit, when I look at some of these mods I just have to shake my 
head and tell the poor owna to let it rest in peace....or is that 
pieces.  I can always use a few good parts like a sacrificial 
transformer of tube.

73

Roger (K8RI)


> 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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