Ahh to just be able to go online and get what you want and not worry about if this builder is dead or this one... 
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Help me choose an amp builder for 11 meter mobile.
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Ahh to just be able to go online and get what you want and not worry about if this builder is dead or this one...
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Did you win the lottery?
If your still looking...Can't go wrong with Hopper Built...I bought one of his 1x2 mobile box's to run with my President McKinley, and have zero complaints...Get nothing but compliments on the set-up...Also have a Predator 10K single coil antenna to top off the set-up...
I've had Davemades, XForces, fatboys, TS, Palomars, Messengers, and a few other I'm sure I'm missing, but point is, the Hopper Built is just as good, if not better than anything I've ran in the past...Never had a RM Italy tho, and no plans for one either.
I've had Davemades, XForces, fatboys, TS, Palomars, Messengers, and a few other I'm sure I'm missing, but point is, the Hopper Built is just as good, if not better than anything I've ran in the past...Never had a RM Italy tho, and no plans for one either.
You need to try my Mexican Ramen, Italian Ramen and others.....
BBI just did a video on a four transistor LDMOS that he made from 4 pallets he bought. It was doing more than 4k watts out. He said it was complicated to build it and combine it. I really think that these may be the way to go, although it cost him like $4k in parts.
He stopped building amps and returning calls before he stopped taking orders. There were some people trying to get in touch with him through cbradioforum a year or two ago.
Good choice on the amp. The 450 XL amps came with either MRF454 / SD2290 / SD1446 transistors. All have about the same output. On SSB I use enough input from the radio (usually around 15-18 watts) such that my output is ~300 watts. On AM I set input from the radio (~3 watts if I recall) to get ~150-175 output.
All three types transistors are rated @80 Watts. Taking it easy: 4x80=320 / 2 = 160 watts which is a safe target number.
I am glad that Carl is starting to build again. I hope he maintains his good quality reputation. He is worth a try for sure.
Is Hopper building in cooperation with ICA? I wonder if those are as good as or the same as Fatboy amps??
Is Hopper building in cooperation with ICA? I wonder if those are as good as or the same as Fatboy amps??
I'm a little late to this thread but has anyone mentioned Tinman in the bam? I've got 2 different 2 pills he built for me one for ssb and the other strictly am, both are excellent little boxes. I ran texas star for years but the ones you buy today just don't cut it compared to the ones of 15 to 20 years ago. Just thought I'd share my experience with the Tinman amps.
Greetings !
If you are not already familiar, check out this guy, he builds extremely nice amplifiers and I highly recommend him, he's a great guy and terrific RF master in my humble opinion ! BBIAMPS.COM
You can view his numerous, terrific videos on YouTube, just do a quick search on BBI Amps on YouTube. Good luck ! 73, Mark
If you are not already familiar, check out this guy, he builds extremely nice amplifiers and I highly recommend him, he's a great guy and terrific RF master in my humble opinion ! BBIAMPS.COM
You can view his numerous, terrific videos on YouTube, just do a quick search on BBI Amps on YouTube. Good luck ! 73, Mark