with decent air-flow over the heat-sink, probably I don't recall ever seeing a PA on ANY Maxar fail
driver transistors, yes PA's, no ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Miller To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:25 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: UHF repeater amp wanted I actually have a UHF PA from a MAXAR 80 that was used on 440. Is that "rugged" enough for repeater use? It's not a very busy machine. Thanks --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Glaenzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > how about the PA section off a UHF Maxar ? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ian Miller > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:07 AM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] UHF repeater amp wanted > > > Hi guys, > > Our club is looking for a small repeater amp (50 watts max) for our > UHF machine. > > Right now its putting out a whopping 6 watts - we did a test with a > 25 watt "strip" off a TAD-450 commercial rig and the listening > station reported a significant gain. The signal went from 1 s unit > on his rig to 8 s-units. > > I am wondering if any of the GE or Motorola final "strips" are good > enough to handle the duty cycle. The little TAD unit I tried briefly > worked, but I'm sure would burn out in short order. > > You can contact me off list at va2ir at securenet dot net > > Thanks > > Ian > VA2IR > VE2RMP Repeater Group > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > > > > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.2/1739 - Release Date: 10/22/2008 7:23 AM > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.2/1739 - Release Date: 10/22/2008 7:23 AM
