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    X force 2 pill troubles

    Two more quick points, if I were to place a new choke, which terminals of the relay would I cross? It originally was hot 12v input to coil to somewhere else, would I span to output tuning cap/post on relay? Also, it never had a reverse diode, so i put one across the coil...
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    X force 2 pill troubles

    Thank you Rick! That's the info I was looking for, oddly enough I finally found a useable pic online, wired it correctly, and boom!! Surprisingly with the awesome hg's I put in from eighteen electronics this baby fell right in tune with slight reduction of output tuning cap, awesome swr's!. I...
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    X force 2 pill troubles

    Thank you, this must be class b silver box..black label. It has the 20w sandbar with a mess of components going to ground, hi low switch for power, not variable like the bigger 2x4's and such.
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    X force 2 pill troubles

    Hello all, I have searched, watched, and read as much info on this amp that is out there for weeks, and i am more confused than when I started. Quick story, I bought the amp as parts on order to steal the pills for a Texas star, that was a successful swap, it's initial problem as seen in 1st...
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    relays for xforce 80 amp

    Thank you! Well shucks, I bought by size from rf parts, they were not even close to 20, but I did get a few I think for my Texas star, those are 10uh apiece, so maybe in serial I will be fine. Now to figure out what's blowing the darn things. 73's!
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    relays for xforce 80 amp

    This is a great thread! By chance would anyone be able to tell me what wattage and uh value those double chokes are across the relay? Plus I'm assuming the double off the input as an newer upgrade are the same? Thank you in advance!
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    Texas star 350dx high drive keeps burning input rf choke..

    UPDATE, after installing a good pair of hg's, returning all caps and windings to schematic specs, the old Texas star returned to a 1.3 swr, tops out at 375 on my dosy meter, putts along nicely at 15w max pep from radio giving me great reports and modulation around a comfortable 250-300 pep...
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    Texas star 350dx high drive keeps burning input rf choke..

    Imagine you opened your first radio 4 months ago, and only have a volt/ohmeter, then you read the millions of miles of language on the internet, then every time you search for rf probes, hfe testers, and every other gadget you get obliterated by too many options and info..the trials of a noobie...
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    Texas star 350dx high drive keeps burning input rf choke..

    Yes, 2 is 1, and 1 is none..but time and money are also reasons to accept and be gracious for what we have.
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    Texas star 350dx high drive keeps burning input rf choke..

    True, it did 5 s units to a gentleman 100 miles away for 3 key ups with the originals..doing the math, that's 400 on ssb. For now im.happy to be above the static until I can buy another.
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    Texas star 350dx high drive keeps burning input rf choke..

    Gentleman, crusher, ranch 55, shadetree mechanic, and all those I may have missed, a great shout out and thank you to you all! In summary, this unit came to me free with 2 shorted caps or more, 1 diode, 2 bad resistors, and was blowing rf chokes, then the transistors. With a 110 bucks in parts...
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    Texas star 350dx high drive keeps burning input rf choke..

    Am I correct in my assumption that c22 is output tuning cap? Originally, if I have my numbers right, was .o22k, very different from schematic, it was shorted thus causing the l1 choke tyo fry, I replaced it to schematic spec, I think .01..i have played with that using a 1000pf mica I had left...
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    Texas star 350dx high drive keeps burning input rf choke..

    I paid more for these than hgs...i think the set was 85...im not nieve enough to spend 30..i think I will play harder with transformer capacitance, input and output caps..if I really want to go further I may mess with windings..i do not care so much for power output, I'm getting good reports...
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    Texas star 350dx high drive keeps burning input rf choke..

    If I understand you correctly, I checked bias resistance (1.3 ohms) and base/ground when manually keyed was 6.24..perfect as far as I know, so i then hooked radio/swr/amp/500w meter with swr/antenna to test the rest...seems I get about 50 watts with 1/4w or so dead key, and swings to 80 from...
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    Texas star 350dx high drive keeps burning input rf choke..

    Funny you say that, no, they are knock offs or reprints..i could have spent the same for hg..ordered off flea bay..i read many customer feedbacks that said they were not original but worked very well..my bad..if that is the issue. I have used the hg1969s before with good success. I finally was...