[AMRadio] Meissner 150-B

[Rob Atkinson]

I can sympathize Mack--I'd love to run a 150B but the size and weight make
it a pretty tough proposition for me right now but it has to be about the
best 150 watts there is.  Separate 866A power supplies for RF and audio; big
mod. transformer...I have no idea what they go for these days.  I did get
lucky earlier this summer and became the owner of an Eldico TR-1, another
813 by 2x811A rig, so I have to remind myself that I can't get them all and
be content with the TR-1.

but back to the 150B--just want to mention that issue number 89 of ER has a
great article on the 150B.

73

Rob
K5UJ

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Mack Rogers <n4vgb at yahoo.com> wrote:

> OK, here's my personal horror story about a Meissner 150B. Please remember
> that hindsight is always 20/20.
>
> A guy showed up at my home about 40 years ago with a xmitter that he said
> he wanted to see if I could get working for him and he'd pay me for the
> parts and labor. Always looking to earn extra bucks back then I said OK to
> the idea. He tells me it's rather large and heavy so he better pull around
> to my basement door where my workbench was located, now I'm a little
> worried.
>
> Lo and behold it's a Meissner 150B in excellent condition but missing some
> tubes. The missing tubes turn out to be it's only problem and it works FB. I
> give it several thorough tests and a couple of long smoke tests on the dummy
> load, all is well so I call the guy with the monetary damages and tell him
> to pick it up whenever he wishes.
>
> Now it gets interesting. The owner tells me he really wasn't interested in
> the old radio, he got it in a deal with a bunch of junk he wanted, and just
> wanted to see if I could get it to work, tells me to just keep it. Remember,
> I was young and needing all the extra cash I could earn back then. I tell
> the guy to come get his xmitter and bring cash with him in no uncertain
> terms. He laughs and says OK, picks it up a couple of days later and pays
> me.
>
> It was about 10 years later that I discovered how I had made a big mistake
> in that deal and really should have took his offer to keep the Meissner
> 150B!!! Oh well, live and learn.
>
> N4VGB
> Mack Rogers
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