[Amps] Sad State of the Hobby

[Lee Bahr]

I'm not a beginner.  Been a ham for 64 years.  However I have never 
built a legal limit Solid State Amp.  I have thrown my name in the hat 
with my friend Mike and both w5mp and w0vt are going to build two of 
them.  We appreciate the info some have provided.  We are now educating 
ourselves and will build when no longer babes in the woods.  If 
anything,  solid state amps appear to becoming easier to build. Seems 
like many commercial ham solid state amps are using really old 
technology.  Mike and I don't want blinking LED lamps and LED bar graph 
meters and automatic band switching. Analog meters with a band switch 
for us!  Leaving this stuff off will make things much simpler and less 
complicated.   Less things to go wrong.  Here in Houston Mike and I have 
been using a local aluminum machine shop to fabricate our chassis and 
cabinets for prior projects.  They have done beautiful custom work at 
reasonable costs with fast turn around.   So our projects will be nicely 
housed.  We are both looking forward to the effort.  Right now we are 
anticipating the cost to be around $1500.

Lee, w0vt

On 1/19/2018 2:55 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
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> On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:08:13 -0600, W0VT wrote:
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>> I suspect there are no
>> decent articles on building one anywhere.
> REPLY:
>
> That's true and there is a reason for that. Building a legal limit
> solid state amp is not for beginners. A tube amp is much easier and
> more forgiving of rookie mistakes.
>
> Not to mention he would also have to build a set of harmonic filters
> and get an antenna tuner, neither of which is needed with a tube amp.
>
> FWIW.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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