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[Wes (N7WS)]

My experience (admittedly ancient) is that good quality and Mirage said in the 
same sentence is an oxymoron, or in other words, a mirage.

RF Concepts amps were fine.


On 9/17/2015 10:30 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Thu,9/17/2015 8:40 PM, jmlowman at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> The only problem is, an amplifier to bring the 2m power output of the 2m 
>> option for the K3(S) up to 120w or so is around $650 (looking at Mirage) and 
>> 120w is not all that much power, absent an antenna with very high gain. 
>
> Remember I said yesterday that I found four vintage (meaning good quality, 
> NorCal) Mirage or RF Concepts brick amps just by asking on local club 
> reflectors? The most I paid was $100. All four were in good working condition. 
> They put out about 150W.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC