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Old 07-11-2008, 05:31 AM
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Default Inside a messenger 2KW (2) drving 16 pills

Heres pics of inside a ultra rare messenger 2KW. All this amp needs is a radio to drive it. It has an internal driver (2) 2879's driving (16) 2879's. Check out the filtering. Any one have the info on who built this amp? Where can I get Schmatics? White papers? Operating manual? Enjoy the pics! Clickie
Note: This is a mixture of before and after pics. This amp was rebuilt by a ham operator. He claimed to improve IMD products by changing a few things inside the amp. He also claimed that this amp would perform better IMD wise than a henry SS750 on 11 meters.
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Old 07-11-2008, 06:23 PM
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thats a baaaaaad mamma jamma !!!!!!
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Old 07-11-2008, 06:37 PM
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what did that puppy set you back?!
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Old 07-11-2008, 06:59 PM
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its a home built job just 2-8pill amps stuck together
like folks combining 2 sweetsixteens and calling it a 16pill
all a sweet 16 is 4 texas star 350s combined
but it looks good
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Old 07-12-2008, 06:29 AM
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its a home built job just 2-8pill amps stuck together
like folks combining 2 sweetsixteens and calling it a 16pill
all a sweet 16 is 4 texas star 350s combined
but it looks good

How do you know? Did you build it or know who did?
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Old 07-12-2008, 06:48 PM
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back in the late 80's i ran a 21 transistor messenger. the original owner bought it from h&y & found he couldn't power it properly. i got it & initiated my 'mulitple alternator by trial & error' schooling. with the voltage regulator 'upped' a couple volts, it showed 3500 watts. it really didn't look anything like those pics, and i too modified the power leads & a few other things. it too required just a 4 watts for full output. back then i didn't care about IMD.....maybe today either.
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Old 07-12-2008, 11:06 PM
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555's right. Looks like someone just took two 8-pill's and wired them together to get a 16-pill...

Nothing wrong with that, but I don't see so much as one single fan on that thing! I would be willing to bet that box could also be used as a cook stove after about 5 minutes of air time!
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Old 07-12-2008, 11:51 PM
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seen it done plenty of times and what one looks like
also seen the tnt 12packs combined
and also the sweet 16 amps combined
this is not my first rodeo
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Old 07-13-2008, 06:55 AM
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Explain then if the amp is two 8 pills combined why are the boards different?not my first rodeo either chumps
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sorry not to include the pic of the fan. The fan is mounted in a metal "box" that bolts on to one end of the amplifier. Ill look for a pic and post......
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