[Fourlanders] FW: [VHFcontesting] Group purchase of HP Compaq 3000W 48v Hot-PlugPower Supply

[Bill Pence]

looks like here they are 32.00 with free shipping...
http://www.serversupply.com/products/part_search/pid_lookup.asp?pid=118982


<http://www.serversupply.com/products/part_search/pid_lookup.asp?pid=118982>
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Jim Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> FYI for anyone who is interested.
>
> 73
> Jim, W4KXY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Marshall
> Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 5:10 PM
> To: VHF Contesting
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Group purchase of HP Compaq 3000W 48v
> Hot-PlugPower
> Supply
>
> Hello all.....as many of you know, there are a glut of HP Compaq 3000W
> 48v Hot-Plug Power Supplies on eBay right now.  They range in price from
> $25(+$17 shipping) to $38(+$17 shipping).  Also, since I live in TX, I
> have to pay state sales tax on these.
>
> Apparently, these power supplies are perfect for running the new Solid
> State amplifiers, such as the M2 1KW 6M amp and the soon to be released
> 1KW 2M amp.  These amps run on 48V.  The power supplies put out 51V, but
> supposedly, it is possible to turn them down a bit.  I have not yet
> figured out how to do that....I do know how to make them start up.
> These power supplies take 240VAC for the input.
>
> I am going to purchase 10 of these for myself.  I have a friend that is
> going to pick them up for me in Garland, TX.  This means that we can
> escape the high shipping charges, but we do have to pay state sales tax,
> since I live in TX.  I think that $30 each is fair, since I have to pay
> sales tax and a little gas for my friend.
>
> I will be attending the SE VHF conference in Huntsville, AL, so I could
> bring some of them over there with me.  I will be attending the Central
> States conference too, but it will be right in the Dallas area, so you
> could go over and pick them up yourself.
>
> If anyone is interested in purchasing a large lot of these, we may be
> able to get them at the same time....hopefully, we might negotiate a
> cheaper price, but that is not guaranteed.....
>
> Thoughts anyone???
>
> 73 Marshall K5QE
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