Jim,
10 meter AM has been fantastic the last two winters. I haven't checked
lately,
my Valiant has been on the bench much of the summer. I'll be listening
this
weekend.
John, WAØSTX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Candela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:57 PM
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Illegal 27 MHz Linear Amplifiers AND is 10 meters AM
OPEN?
>
>
> I bought one of those black boxes on E-Bay, and I have had good sucess
with
> it on 10 meters the last two seasons. These amplifiers are not "turn-key"
> ready for amateur radio. I have had two of these 11 meter linear's, and
they
> have too much gain (for a 3 watt carrier exciter), no negative feedback,
no
> bias to set the transistors in AB bias point, they tend to be unstable, no
> SWR protect, the input impedance is not a good 50 ohm resistive match,
etc.
> etc. These amplifiers require some TLC before they are to be part of a
> spectrally clean amateur transmitter. That said, they can be a building
> block for a good 10 meter AM mobile set up.
>
> I put my 10 meter station in the car the last two September's, and 10
> meters AM was alive with signals on and around 29-29.1 Mhz. How is the
band
> doing these days, and do we think we got another year, or two left from
this
> cycle?
>
> Regards,
> Jim
>
>
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