[TenTec] Argonaut V and an amplifier

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 00:56 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 06:41:02PM -0400, wa3fiy at radioadv.com wrote:
> > I have an idle SB-200 here so I ran some tests to see what 20 watts drive 
> > would do.  Found several interesting and maybe discouraging things.
> 
> ....
> 
> > While the setup will work, I'm not so sure it's the best way to go.  What 
> > other options do you have?
> 
> I'm out of the U.S. so I am not sure, but I thought that in the last
> year the FCC dropped the rules about HF amps that killed the 5 watt in
> amplifiers like the TenTec 405.

The rules I downloaded in August still require 50 watts drive.
> 
> I've seen discussions on NetNews/Usenet that they are available again.
> 
> Another common practice back when I did live in the U.S. was to go
> to a truck stop, buy a CB amp and clean it up. According to the articles
> I read, some were quite good and made fine additions to any ham shack.

And some were pure class C planning on the AM carrier for any bias
towards linearity. Most were severe splatter and harmonic creators.
> 
> While that may not have been 100% legal then, if the ban has indeed been
> dropped it would be now.

Wouldn't be any more legal now.
> 
> Geoff.


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73, Jerry, K0CQ,
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