[Boatanchors] Re: Golden Falcon Linear Amplifier Questions

[Tom in N Texas]

Thanks, Gary, you added some information I didn't have before. I'm still 
looking for a schematic. I did get a schematic for four 807's in parallel 
and I am still studying it.

I haven't made up my mind what to do.

Tom Dulin
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At 03:01 AM 6/4/03 , you wrote:
>Message: 4
>Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:09:34 -0700
>From: Shadow <shadow@gilroy.com>
>Reply-To: shadow@gilroy.com
>Organization: Spy - vs - Spy
>To: boatanchors@mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Golden Falcon Linear Amplifier Questions
>
>Golden   %$#@& or Golden Falcon Linear Amplifier
>
>The were manufactured in Texas during the Good Buddy Craze and for some 
>reason I remember Austin. As I recall the were build by some hams and it 
>became a full time business very quickly in about 1973. They were 
>extremely dirty with lots of parasitic and loved to splatter as much a 20 
>Kc. each side of center frequency. The receive preamp, was more noise then 
>reception of signal. Excellent TVI generators and were in love with your 
>phone lines.
>
>They defiantly did build some 11 meter only units and made no effort to 
>hide that fact.. Later they built some 10 meter ONLY units.  The XXX units 
>were still designed for 11 meters.
>
>They used 3 or 4 different types of sweep tubes like and lots of them, 
>they were not shy. The truck drivers loved them. Lots and Lots of RF 
>output, but little modulation. You could flatten the final Extremely 
>Quickly if you were slow on the tune up. Being mobile the splatter, TVI 
>and coming through every appliance in your neighborhood did not matter..
>
>The power to drive then was 3 watt, but the really like about 7 to 10 
>watts on AM in the SSB mode 15 to 25 watts was required. Some of the big 
>mobile units did really transmit at 600 to 700 dead carrier. Later in time 
>as the FCC was really going after the linear manufactures, dealers and 
>taking the fun out of broadcasting to you entire neighborhood.
>
>The did start to build some all band liners, later in time as the CB Craze 
>was ending.. I really can't say when they closed their doors. I do not 
>remember them manufacturing any other products other then liners. Most of 
>there units were all medium to high power. I recall they were 275, 375, 
>550 ,750 and I think the built a 1 KW and it was mobile. The 375 and 550 W 
>mobiles were the most popular.
>
>They did build some base liners, but the mobile high power was the thrust of
>their market.
>
>The basic designs were fine, but unless you want to meet everyone in the 
>neighborhood. You will need to install RF some filters, parasitic 
>suppression and clean up the layout of some components.
>
>Gary  KG6NTN
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>
>You can only... Steal from the Rich.
>                    Because the poor, do not have anything worth taking....

Tom in N Texas, KC5INU,  EM12jk, RARA 025, QRPp-I 353, tdulin@pulse.net,
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