[Yaesu] VL-1000

Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:36:52 -0800

The MRF150 has not been discontinued,
it was just transferred by Motorola to another
vendor (Microsemi, I believe).  Also,
other vendors second source the MRF150
under their own numbers.  Check with
Richardson Electronics, a distributor
if you need this part.

The biggest problem with the VL-1000
is that you pay a king's ransom for
it and are 2 dB under the legal limit.
And it is straining just to do that
with only 8 FETs.

I have a surplus marine amplifier with
16 MRF-150's and it is conservatively
rated at 1000 watts in the marine service,
although I can push it to 1500 watts for
ham use.  It has huge noisy fans, just like
a tube amplifier.  Fortunately, it didn't
cost me much.

If I was going to spend $$$, I would 
definitely get a tube amplifier.

Rick Karlquist N6RK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of N4ULE Charter
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 5:35 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Yaesu] VL-1000
> 
> 
> I have been looking at the Yaesu VL-1000 Quadra system and would like to
> have one. I have been told that the MRF-150s are no longer on the 
> market. Is
> this true and if so is there a replacement for them. How does the VL-1000
> work with non Yaesu radios? Thanks for any input.
> 
> 73,  Jim
> N4ULE
> 
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