[SixClub] Question on Amplifier

[Steve Katz]

Yes, if you download my construction article I think you'll see every single part is commonly available and not expensive except for the tube itself (which can be found as a pull for $100) and the high voltage transformer.
 
Let me know if you need a copy of the article, it was in July 1985 73 Magazine, entitled, "Build the Six Meter Block Buster."  I can send it to you if you wish.  
 
You will need to find a tube (not hard to find) as well as an HV transformer (I might have one that will do it for you, but Fair Radio Sales and many other surplus outlets have them).
 
73
 
Steve WB2WIK

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From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of Frosty
Sent: Tue 2/15/2011 5:48 PM
To: World Wide Six Meter Club
Subject: Re: [SixClub] Question on Amplifier



Well Steve,
Are the parts available to everyone and not everyone wants to build such a
shack warmer.
Is it really that cheap to get all the stuff to build it?  I remember
reading QST and some of the
articles about building your own equipment. One of the persons that had
written such articles was a president of a very large and well known
electronics company. He had unlimited resources to draw from. I never had
what he had.  I have in the past built all sorts of Amps. finding all the
required parts is a real task at best.






Charles F. Frost
Frosty K5LBU
frosty1 at pdq.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Katz" <stevek at jmr.com>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>; "World Wide Six
Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] Question on Amplifier


> My answers would be:
>
> 1500W PEP (plenty, and the U.S. legal limit)
>
> 25W drive (commonly available from almost any kind of rig)
>
> And tube type, not solid state.
>
> Thankfully, I have one like that: It's my homebrewed 4-1000 grid-driven
> amp which has been in service since May 1984 with the same tube, that will
> probably outlive me.  It hits 1 kW output with 15W drive in AB1.  The
> power supply isn't built-in, it's a separate 165 lb unit that sits on the
> floor.  But it's cheap, easy to build with available parts, and there's a
> lot of 4-1000's around as pulls that work fine.
>
> WB2WIK
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of Frosty
> Sent: Tue 2/15/2011 5:03 PM
> To: World Wide Six Meter Club
> Subject: [SixClub] Question on Amplifier
>
>
>
> I would like to take a survey of the 6 meter and vhf operators on the
> following:
>
> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE IN A 6 METER AMPLIFIER?
>
> Power out:
> 1.500 watts
> 2.1000 watts
> 3.1500 watts
>
> Drive:
> 1. 25 watts
> 2. 100 watts
>
> Futures:
> 1. built in P/S
> 2. one input
> 3. one output
> 4.simple metering
> 5. Solid state/ Transistor.
>
> What about 2 meters and 440?
>
>
>
>
>
> Charles F. Frost
> Frosty K5LBU
> frosty1 at pdq.net
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