[TenTec] FS: Hercules 444 and Omni V.9

[Jim Brown K9YC]

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:17:59 -0500, Speer, Doug wrote:

>I ended up with two Hercules 444 amps.  I have run
>them daily and run them hard in contest and find the units to be pretty
>robust amplifiers.  Of course if I loose the finals the unit will either
>become land fill or as someone commented, a science project. 

I have one of these amps to sell. It is in excellent shape, works 
perfectly, very clean. I'm the guy who used the words "science project." 
Asking $450. It's too heavy to ship. I'm in Santa Cruz, CA, 70 miles S of 
SF, and will drive a reasonable distance to meet someone halfway. 

This is a VERY robust amplifier. It was built when we were licensed for 1kW 
INPUT power, and it was rated for that. My Bird says 700W out, but given 
that there are no replacement finals, I run it at 500W. It has excellent 
protection circuits, and they work very well.

I'm the second owner. I bought it about 4 years ago when I was living in 
Chicago, and picked it up from the original owner, a W9 near South Bend who 
used it every day on SSB. 

I also have an Omni V.9 (with N4PY chip installed). This is also a two-
owner radio. I bought it in 2003 and picked it up from a ham in northern 
Ohio who writes for CQ Magazine. This radio is also in great shape, and 
loaded with Ten Tec filters (there's a filter in every position). It works 
full QSK with the Hercules 444. I'm asking $700 with all the filters, a 
Shure 444 desk mic, a computer interface cable for both rig control and 
sending CW, and the original manual. I will ship this radio to the US. 

Will sell only to a licensed ham. 

73,

Jim K9YC