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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thats a baaaaaad mamma jamma !!!!!!

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Frank Zappa observed, "It's not getting any smarter out there. You have to come to terms with stupidity, and make it work for you."

what did that puppy set you back?!

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?

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.

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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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

Explain then if the amp is two 8 pills combined why are the boards different?not my first rodeo either chumps

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......