Buyer beware. I bought a superb, almost new, almost unused Bird 8141, in its original box and it failed after a short while. Taking it apart it was obvious that it had been well and truly cooked. It must have been hammered. The main connection had corroded and separated from the element. I have photos. The solution was exceedingly cheap and easy: separate the parts from the body, wash with IPA etc, sit contact parts in tomato ketchup for a couple of hours, clean up and re-assemble.
David G3UNA/G6CP > On 02 July 2020 at 18:16 Edward R Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I bought an air-cooled Bird 8201 rated 500w to 3-GHz from e-bay for > $300. It can handle 1500w for short transmissions. > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > Dubus-NA Business mail: > [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
