Hmmm can't be too many scrap yards up there... Seriously if he's going to scrap them why ask so much?
Sent from my iPhone On 2013-08-16, at 6:07 PM, Edward R Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > Lance, > > Wow...and I cannot do it, darn! But I have my ch.2 Platinum for 6m. What > perked my attention was the freq range of 174-230 MHz. That ought to be > perfect for 222-eme! > > I sure hope someone can step forward to accept a few (or all) of these. > > Meanwhile I am working on my next two eme bands: 1296 and 50 MHz. > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > > At 01:25 PM 8/16/2013, Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I just received a telephone call from Thomas Bohnet in Fairbanks, AK. He is >> the chief engineer for a broadcasting company up there, and is about to send >> 18 of these Harris amplifier modules to the dump for scrap. They are part >> number 992-8969-011, and are supposedly built to operate between 174-230 MHz >> without any modifications. I don't know what the output would be at 2m with >> the units as-is, or what it might take to tweak them to 2m. He told me he >> thought each unit was tuned to put out around 500w, which seems consistent >> with the Channel 2/6m Harris Platinum I amps with which I have dealt. With >> the Channel 2 units, 10w drive typically resulted in close to 1 kw output. >> >> Thomas said he would prefer if someone would purchase all 18 units from him, >> but he would consider selling fewer units in the interest of trying to >> prevent these valuable pieces from going to the dump. If you agree to take >> all 18, the cost would be closer to $100 each (plus bulk pallet shipping). >> If you only wanted a one or two, the cost would be closer to $200 each plus >> UPS boxing and shipping (which I generally found to be around $100 here). I >> am sure you could run a pair of these in parallel (as I described on my web >> page for the Channel 2 units), if you wanted to make sure they would handle >> the legal limit, and 50 VDC power supplies are very readily available: >> >> http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/HarrisAmps.htm >> >> I have no involvement in this, and cannot provide any further information. >> I am simply trying to help Thomas save these amps from the dump. If you have >> an interest in a solid state .5 to 1 kw amp, please contact Thomas directly >> ASAP at telephone number 907 322-1985. He advised me that they will be >> disposed of for scrap in the next couple of days if no hams step forward to >> put them to use. >> >> GL and VY 73, Lance >> >> -- >> Lance Collister, W7GJ >> (ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ, E6M, TX5K) >> P.O. Box 73 >> Frenchtown, MT 59834-0073 >> USA >> TEL: (406) 626-5728 >> QTH: DN27ub >> URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj >> Windows Messenger: [email protected] >> Skype: lanceW7GJ >> 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 >> >> Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME >> email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web >> page (above)! >> >> -- >> ~The Voice of the Pacific NorthWest VHF Society~ >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PNWVHFS" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/PNWVHFS >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "PNWVHFS" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > [email protected] > "Kits made by KL7UW" > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
