Ok I have a good question here I was talking to a few guys on 75 meters that claim they had used Texas Stars on 75-80 meters and they said that they worked great. It was a long conversation and there were 2 guys that said they have indeed ran Texas star 500 and 667 on the band.
I ask others about it and Im told its impossible but yet these other 2 fellas 1 with a 500 the other with a 667 had no issues and said again that it worked great mobile they just ran a tuner and all was good. Has anyone else heard of this?
I researched both transistor types used in each the 500 and 667 and both show the frequency range would work but I was thinking that everything else was a bit off. Now I see these new amplifiers being made and sold on Ebay they take a high watt drive instead of the driver transistors being added the radio hf rig or high power radio does the work and I emailed the seller and he said they work a wide band spectrum heres what he replied (3.5 to 29 mhz) so now Im wondering and thinking maybe its possible.
When we were talking about it there were a few other old timers that also jumped in and said they have done the same with the Texas Stars years ago anyone else ever tried this or tested it? These guys had no reason to lie about it but I look at it as some people may just be luckier than others and its a luck of the draw type thing.
Without the band selector filtering Im sure it would be a splatter box but if this would work a person could a external filter selector type setup. Ill have to get on tonight again and get more info from these guys that have done it. Heres a link to these new amplifiers sold
Palomar Elite 900HD Linear Amplifier RF Amp 900+ Watts - eBay (item 130320034454 end time Jul-23-09 18:49:36 PDT)
I ask others about it and Im told its impossible but yet these other 2 fellas 1 with a 500 the other with a 667 had no issues and said again that it worked great mobile they just ran a tuner and all was good. Has anyone else heard of this?
I researched both transistor types used in each the 500 and 667 and both show the frequency range would work but I was thinking that everything else was a bit off. Now I see these new amplifiers being made and sold on Ebay they take a high watt drive instead of the driver transistors being added the radio hf rig or high power radio does the work and I emailed the seller and he said they work a wide band spectrum heres what he replied (3.5 to 29 mhz) so now Im wondering and thinking maybe its possible.
When we were talking about it there were a few other old timers that also jumped in and said they have done the same with the Texas Stars years ago anyone else ever tried this or tested it? These guys had no reason to lie about it but I look at it as some people may just be luckier than others and its a luck of the draw type thing.
Without the band selector filtering Im sure it would be a splatter box but if this would work a person could a external filter selector type setup. Ill have to get on tonight again and get more info from these guys that have done it. Heres a link to these new amplifiers sold
Palomar Elite 900HD Linear Amplifier RF Amp 900+ Watts - eBay (item 130320034454 end time Jul-23-09 18:49:36 PDT)