Hi Bill,
Yeah I'd also seen that Monster PA listed... For me, somewhere above 100 watts heading up toward say 300 watts is a place where all the related hardware has to step up to the next level/size. Circulators, combining equipment, amount/number of cavity filters, the power supply and most important reliability of keeping it all going. Detection and damage prevention in fault or failure modes becomes a constant background through process not so easily avoided when using lower power levels. I'd have loved to had that Quintron 4-400a tube PA for a 6-Meter Repeater... but that's a lot of working electronics to park at a remote mountain top where maintenance might not be as regular as one would hope. When it comes to solid state PA's... I have a hard time finding and keeping decent power supplies going. All those switchers we find surplus new-old-stock seem to last a year or two at most before failing. I guess it's time to spend more money on better supplies. It would be nice to have a "walk tall, step flat" (jargon from another radio service) repeater signal but it's hopeful the repeater would be able to hear at least as good at it talks. All mouth and small ears... an alligator machine of which we seem to already have in abundance. cheers, s. > Bill Smith <brsc...@...> wrote: > How about this PA on ebay? Item # 330387252314 > Larcan solid state PA does 600 watts FM and about 1KW on SSB > > Bill > > From: skipp025 <skipp...@...> > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 6 Meter RF Amplifier (PA) > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 1:41 PM > > > Hi Paul, > > We're talking a repeater site type of amplifier... why > would I/someone want to heat a Repeater Site? Even with > someone working in the building? Those technical guys > don't deserve any creature comforts... > > :-) > > Besides, the normal building heat is propane. > > s. > > > "Paul Plack" <plack@> wrote: > > Oh, I dunno...if you're also paying the heat bill, > > running that 4-400 could be a wash! > > 73, > > Paul, AE4KR > > > > > Re: 6 Meter RF Amplifier (PA) > > > > I'd love to have this PA just to tinker with... but I'd > > hate to be the one paying the site power bill. > > > > "6 Meter Quintron Transmitter, PA Deck" > > > > Ebay Item Number: 160389525215 > > > > ... and hopefully one would not have to pay for the > > extra real estate (cabinet space) this baby would fill. > > > > cheers, > > s. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links >
