TopBand: Preamplifiers

[km1h @ juno.com]

On Wed, 24 Sep 1997 12:27:03 -0400 (EDT) Jeffrey Maass
<jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us> writes:
>
>Is there a good shack-resident preamplifier choice on the market?
>
>Jeff Maass       (jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us)      Amateur Radio 
>K8ND


Define 'Good" Jeff!

I just picked up a Palomar 1.8-54MHz RF switched unit that uses a 40673
MoSFet. Just starting to play with it but I am very impressed with the
tuning. It is so sharp it needs repeaking in 10-15 KHz on 160M. It also
has a variable gain pot  which is nice since the full bore 20+ dB is way
too much for a Beverage. 
There is no part or model # but it is in a Bud cast aluminum box.
Possibly similar to their curent version ??? 

The price was right.....so 15 minutes to fix a broken PC trace plus a bad
solder joint at the relay was worth it. Have not put it thru pilep or
contest extremes yet. 

73   Carl  KM1H
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