On Dec 20, 2009, at 2:03 PM, James Adkins wrote:
TPL I will never consider. We used their 300-W amps for low-band
at work, they'd oscillate unless we put in a second TR Relay with a
50-ohm dummy load, then they'd burn up. Not to mention, the 100-w
ones we had were very dirty if we ran them above 35w or so.
One brand I considered was Crescend for UHF, they are rock solid.
But, they don't make a 220 amp. Will check into Volcom, never
heard of them.
Before Crescent, the name was VOCOM, I believe.
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Maire-Radios <maire-
rad...@verizon.net> wrote:
we have used TE, Henry, Volcom and TPL.
Volcom and TPL have great service
TE got a 150 watt and UHF and no matter what we do to it only
puts out 120 watts came with paper work that show tested at 134
watts on a 150 watt amp.
Had no luck to get this corrected.
Will never but a TE amp ever if it was at very low cost.
go with a good brand spend a bit more but it works and works
Volcom 1ST TPL 2nd
John
----- Original Message -----
From: James Adkins
To: repeater-builder
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 9:44 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Henry Repeater Amp or TE Systems
Okay all, looking for opinions.
Our club is going to purchase a 220 amplifier and a 440 amplifier
for our repeaters.
For 220, we're looking at either the TE Systems 2210RAN or the
Henry C100B10R
For UHF, it's either the TE Systems 4412RA or the Henry C100D30R.
We have a Henry C300C30R in use for about 3-1/2 years now (running
it at 250w output) on our 6-meter repeater and had to send it in
about 13 months into its life to have the finals replaced. No
problems since, though. I was pleased with Henry's response to the
problem. Even though it was out of warranty, they fixed it under
warranty.
Though the TE systems amplifiers have more output (150w vs 100w), I
have concerns about their reliability. The local D* repeater has
had a lot of problems with their VHF amplifier, and it's not very
clean (of course, that could be the fault of the D* repeater
transmitter, too!).
What are your opinions, TE Systems vs Henry?
--
James Adkins, KB0NHX
Vice-President -- Nixa Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (KC0LUN)
www.nixahams.net
Southern Missouri Assistant Frequency Coordinator - Missouri
Repeater Council
www.missourirepeater.org
The Nixa Amateur Radio Club - "There is no charge for
awesomeness!" (Well, only $1.00 per month)
--
James Adkins, KB0NHX
Vice-President -- Nixa Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (KC0LUN)
www.nixahams.net
Southern Missouri Assistant Frequency Coordinator - Missouri
Repeater Council
www.missourirepeater.org
The Nixa Amateur Radio Club - "There is no charge for
awesomeness!" (Well, only $1.00 per month)
