[Elecraft] [PNWVHFS] Harris Channel 11 VHF TV Amplifier Modules - IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUIRED

[Edward R Cole]

Lance,

Wow...and I cannot do it, darn!  But I have my ch.2 Platinum for 
6m.  What perked my attention was the freq range of 174-230 
MHz.  That ought to be perfect for 222-eme!

I sure hope someone can step forward to accept a few (or all) of these.

Meanwhile I am working on my next two eme bands: 1296 and 50 MHz.

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 01:25 PM 8/16/2013, Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I just received a telephone call from Thomas Bohnet in Fairbanks, 
>AK.  He is the chief engineer for a broadcasting company up there, 
>and is about to send 18 of these Harris amplifier modules to the 
>dump for scrap.   They are part number 992-8969-011, and are 
>supposedly built to operate between 174-230 MHz without any 
>modifications.  I don't know what the output would be at 2m with the 
>units as-is, or what it might take to tweak them to 2m.  He told me 
>he thought each unit was tuned to put out around 500w, which seems 
>consistent with the Channel 2/6m Harris Platinum I amps with which I 
>have dealt.  With the Channel 2 units, 10w drive typically resulted 
>in close to 1 kw output.
>
>Thomas said he would prefer if someone would purchase all 18 units 
>from him, but he would consider selling fewer units in the interest 
>of trying to prevent these valuable pieces from going to the 
>dump.   If you agree to take all 18, the cost would be closer to 
>$100 each (plus bulk pallet shipping).   If you only wanted a one or 
>two, the cost would be closer to $200 each plus UPS boxing and 
>shipping (which I generally found to be around $100 here). I am sure 
>you could run a pair of these in parallel (as I described on my web 
>page for the Channel 2 units), if you wanted to make sure they would 
>handle the legal limit, and 50 VDC power supplies are very readily available:
>
>http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/HarrisAmps.htm
>
>I have no involvement in this, and cannot provide any further 
>information.  I am simply trying to help Thomas save these amps from 
>the dump. If you have an interest in a solid state .5 to 1 kw amp, 
>please contact Thomas directly ASAP at telephone number 907 
>322-1985.  He advised me that they will be disposed of for scrap in 
>the next couple of days if no hams step forward to put them to use.
>
>GL and VY 73, Lance
>
>--
>Lance Collister, W7GJ
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>
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>email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web
>page (above)!
>
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73, Ed - KL7UW
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