Magnum 257 Blue Face 30 Watt

[Mudfoot]

I seen a blue face 30 watt 257 on eBay. Are they still making a 30 watt version, or is this likely an older stock rig for sale?

 

[9C1Driver]

Old stock or used. They have not made a dual 1969 final 30 watt blue 257 for at least 5 years.

 

[magnuman]

The 30w blue face version also came out with twin mosfets too...

 

[Mudfoot]

Thanks for replies. Radio is NOS with FETS. Works good, happy so far.

 

[magnuman]

257 mosfet

Are you seeing much more than 30w PEP on side band?
We had some of the first ones with mosfets but they did prove quite hard to tune.

 

[Mudfoot]

I'm seeing just a tad over 30 watts on my Ameritron AWM-30.

 

[camaro1]

so how does it compare to your optima mk3

 

[Mudfoot]

Magnum has better AM audio. The Optima performs better in all other aspects.