[Boatanchors] Golden Falcon Linear Amplifier Questions

Sun, 01 Jun 2003 10:42:44 -0400

I'm pretty sure this amp was really directed at the 11 meter crowd and is
part of the reason there were restrictions put on ham amplifiers regarding
28 MHz coverage and allowable drive power.

It was intended to be driven with the 3 watts or so from an ordinary CB
hence the preamp. If I'm correct the preamp then drove the pair of sweep
tubes. The amp probably incorporated an RF sensing circuit to put it into
transmit without an external relay closure.

These types of amps have a poor reputation for intermod etc. but it might be
possible to get a clean signal out by careful tuning and avoiding overdrive.
So it might find some use in your shack driven with a low power or QRP type
rig perhaps with an input padding network. (attenuator)

I have no idea where to get a schematic although a quick "Google" search
found some dealers selling a schematic for a "Golden Falcon 2000".

Assuming you didn't pay too much the power transformer alone may be worth
the purchase price.

Pat
wa4tuk

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Tom in N Texas
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 7:21 PM
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> Subject: [Boatanchors] Golden Falcon Linear Amplifier Questions
>
>
> Gentlemen and Ladies.
>
> I just bought a "Golden Falcon" at a garage sale. It appears to be a
> linear/AM RF amplifier. Tube lineup is:
>
> Preamp:    p-p 6LX6
> Driver    :    p-p 6LF6/6MH6
> Output   :   p-p 6LF6/6MH6
>
> Bands  :     40, 20, 15, 10
>
> Only other marking is a date, 2 - 2 - 77. Perhaps this, plus the tubes,
> make it a Boatanchor.
>
> I only have about forty questions about it, but would be pretty
> happy with
> answers to two, to start with: Who made it, and where can I get a
> schematic
> or manual?
>
> I looked in BAMA and several others, and did a bunch of Internet
> searches.
> Found no definitive answers.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> 73, Tom KC5INU
> Tom in N Texas, KC5INU,  EM12jk, RARA 025, QRPp-I 353, NETXQRP  33, QCWA
> 31587, [email protected],
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