[TenTec] Radio Shack 25 amp switching supply?

[Bwana Bob]

How about the Samlex supplies? Are they any good?

			Bob WB2VUF

Duane Budd wrote:
> 
> K4TAX SAID:
> 
> "Frankly understanding the complexity of switching power
> supplies, it's best go with a company that knows what they
> are doing."
> 
> And in my opinion that does NOT include Astron.
> 
> I had one of their switching supplies I was using in the
> motorhome with an IC-706. I squatted, out of warranty,
> naturally, and I could not get them to even tell me where to
> send it for possible repairs.
> 
> I complained on a reflector back then and got a response
> from a ham who was in a business in which the same supply
> was being used to the tune of 40 or 50 units. He said they
> had a 50% failure rate with the Astron switcher.
> 
> I trashed the Astron and replaced it with an Alinco. So far
> (over a year now), it is performing FB.
> 
> 73..
> 
> Duane Budd
> <mailto:w5ben at arrl.net>
> Johnson City, TN
> 
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