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You might get that raise to $20 but your hours will be cut in half. Careful what you wish for.
Do yourself a favor and buy a high flow fan to mount on your heatsink otherwise you'll be burning up finals. It gets very hot with the upgrade even with fairly short keys. I harvested a fan from a switcher supply that burned up and used drywall anchors and screws to mount it to the heatsink...
If you bought a chinesium transistor amp ie HG or DEI remember to keep your volts low, under 15 and your swr 1.3 or less. If you do not your amp won't last long.
I drive a 4 pill toshiba amp with my drail 955 and see about 950.
What did you get for extras on that 955? Did you get the final upgrade?
Unless you have a specific amp you need to drive with it or you have a good 1446 transistor id leave it alone. How much do you want to spend to make 60 watts?
If you're just collecting then id say its a fairly rare amp. In the end it's your money, do what makes YOU happy.
Ive been in and out like bad sex lol. All is good here sir and hope all is good your way.
Every once in a while i see a video i think the might make the folks in the ham area ask wtf lol. This was fairly extreme
@secret squirrel i see you too
Dont know Arlen personally, im sure hes a good guy, im just going by what I see when some of his amps are stripped down. One of my main concerns was how small he was cutting the heatsink during one period. Xforce quality wavered considerably thru the years and its hard to tell what quality...
Yes, the regular hg2879, drive them like you would a 1446 and they're happy. No more than 15 volts and swr of 1.3/1 or less. 1.6 is a no-no for the hg pills. The 2879C likes 15.5-16 volts
Therein lies the problem. The only specs for HG are copied Toshiba data sheets and we all know hg will not withstand what toshibas will. It used to be fairly easy.
Don't forget class c will out perform a/b. Im wondering if the differences you're seeing may be due to the amp class? I see carl pull 1275 peak and 520 average from his 4 pill with 200 watt dk
Personally I wouldnt expect to see more than 600-700 watts peak for any length of time safely from an...
Hey Dan, this just popped up local around me. Contact the seller and see if maybe i can pick it up and ship it to you if you get him paid or some other arrangement.
Let me know soon because im sure it wont last long...
Not really sure why Texas star stuff is getting like it is. Its not like some high quality gear we're dealing with but new 667's are $1000...
If i were you bevis id spend the $22 bucks for the ebay set and call it good.
I set search alerts locally for "cb" and "cb amps" on Craigslist and offerup. This is when you need to be creative if you want to find parts. Dont expect to find new and be ready with cash to jump on an opportunity.
Ill keep an eye out and if i come across anything ill pm you.
Very clean and well kept Dave Made 2x8 2- 2879 x 8- 2879 class C. From a Non-smoking environment.
Board is dated 9-98 and also etched 10-7
Previous owner said this is a Concrete man build. Has a couple exta holes in the lid and seems to be built upside down with the fans on the bottom and...
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