[Milsurplus] Whoosh, what a find...!

[Bruce Lane]

	I've often been accused by friends of mine of having the darndest luck=
 when scrounging for surplus goodies. I received some rather substantial=
 proof of that luck today when I located, of all things, a Harris RF-110A=
 linear amp and its matching RF-112A power supply at -- of all places! --=
 Boeing Surplus Sales here in Kent.

	The unit was nearly immaculate, physically speaking, done up in nice Navy=
 gray, and it even had its power and interconnecting cable with it. I=
 expect to be able to at least borrow a manual for it tomorrow. In case I=
 can't, does anyone know if LOGSA or a similar agency has a .PDF available=
 to download? Or what the military equivalent number of this monster is?

	My price was a stunning total of $265.00. Unless I'm seriously mistaken, I=
 would have trouble finding one of the output tubes (Eimac 4CX1500B's) for=
 that.

	As you might imagine, I'm counting my blessings. ;-) My next task will be=
 to either (1); Find a matching Harris receiver/exciter to go with it, or=
 (2); Figure a way to interface its auto-tuning capability to a Sunair=
 GSB-900DX, and to tap off the Sunair's RF output so that I'm getting the=
 requisite 100 or so milliwatts required by the amp.

	And that frelling power supply is HEAVY, but just in one corner! I've not=
 opened it up yet, but I'm assuming the HV transformer is what's adding all=
 the weight. I think I'll build a custom roller-base for it out of 2x4's=
 and some good casters.

	Keep the peace(es).


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Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
ARS KC7GR (Formerly WD6EOS) since 12-77 -- kyrrin@bluefeathertech.com
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates that it would be superior
to what I have now..." (Taki Kogoma, aka Gym Z. Quirk)