[Amps] Another eBay Goodie

Col. Paul E. Cater paulecater at gmail.com
Thu Jan 23 13:42:20 EST 2014


I thought they had given up on trying to police that.  There sure are a lot
of listings with them.

Paul
WD8OSU



On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:

> Some busybody meathead likely complained about it being an illegal ham or
> CB amp.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Townsend Lontz" <philji at mac.com
> >
> To: "Jim Garland" <4cx250b at miamioh.edu>
> Cc: "Amps reflector" <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 1:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Another eBay Goodie
>
>
>  Looks like it has been pulled off eBay...
>>
>> A wise man once said nothing....
>>
>>
>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 9:46 AM, Jim Garland <4cx250b at miamioh.edu> wrote:
>>
>>  I agree that the metalwork looks nicely done, and the amplifier may work
>>> (though I'm dubious about the lower frequency bands), but IMHO its
>>> esthetics
>>> are just butt-ugly.
>>> Jim W8ZR
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Col. Paul
>>>> E.
>>>>
>>> Cater
>>>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 9:41 AM
>>>> To: Carl
>>>> Cc: Amps reflector
>>>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Another eBay Goodie
>>>>
>>>> I think the build looks great and it may have been a plasma amplifier to
>>>> start.  What caught my attention was the coil.  Just looking at it one
>>>> wonders how it is going to tune below 12 or 15 meters, if that?  It
>>>> looks
>>>> like it is directly tied to the caps so nothing under the chassis.  But,
>>>>
>>> no
>>>
>>>> pictures of the bottom.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>> WD8OSU
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks pretty decent from what I can see but it wont make it to 10M with
>>>>> that inductor.
>>>>>
>>>>> No bandswitch so he is either feeding it thru a .01 cap or a Henry 8K
>>>>> Ultra style of input balun. No under chassis pix is suspicious.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is plenty of room for a bigger inductor to get to 160 and larger
>>>>> vacuum caps. Heck he even started the layout for the second tube.
>>>>>
>>>>> The crafstmnship is excellent, wonder if it was an RF generator?
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Col. Paul E. Cater" <
>>>>> paulecater at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "Amps reflector" <amps at contesting.com>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:50 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> Subject: [Amps] Another eBay Goodie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Have a look at the pictures for this RF deck.  The seller states it
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * "works broadband from 10 to 80 Mtrs
>>>>>> Band"http://www.ebay.com/itm/HAM-RADIO-10-80-MTRS-
>>>>>> 3CX3000A7-AMPLIFIER-RF-DECK-/201023804489?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276
>>>>>> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/HAM-RADIO-10-80-MTRS-3CX3000A7-
>>>>>> AMPLIFIER-RF-DECK-/201023804489?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276>*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>> WD8OSU
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