PALOMAR ELITE 500 ???

[nitroturbo4u]

Never seen one like this....It is at a estate sale....Has built in 12 volt power supply.
Has auto side band class ab1....Mint cond....
Lady wants 75.00 guarnteed to work.....What is power out on this???
Thanks all.

 

[tshows]

Dude you need to run get that one for $ 75.00. That is a heck of a deal. Depending on the drive you put into it you should see 350 to 400 out. I would hit it with about a 2 watt dead key and let it swing. I wish I could come across a deal like that!!!!

 

[ExitThirteen]

I'd snag that for 75.00! When you get it, grab a camera and post some pics if you could of the front and the inside. That'd be great!



~Cheers~

 

[nitroturbo4u]

palomar elite 500 picture.

Here tis...**Jump_im**

 

[2RT307]

A little description and pics of similar unit:

Palomar Elite 500 Power Supply

I believe the schematic is on CB Tricks:
http://www.cbtricks.com/Amp/palomar_other/elite/palomar_elite500.pdf

I think you got a good deal.

73,
RT307

 

[ExitThirteen]

Those run 4-MRF455's. Good for about 350-400W output. Yep, you'll steal it if you buy it. Good stuff!


~Cheers~

 

[BOOTY MONSTER]

CBRadioMagazine.com - Palomar Deluxe 250 Amplifier Review

if it's a bigger version of the 250 it should do fine if you don't over drive it

 

[TonyV225]

I bought a few of those in the 1990s when they first came out. They have a 35 amp built in power supply that you can also use to power radio and other things. Watch the back of it if your messing around because more than ones I was changing coax or moving things around and THERES NO FAN COVER OVER THE FAN ON THE BACK!! Needless to say it scares the $h!+ outta ya when your fingers hit the plastic fan blades LMAO!!

Also as mentioned makesure you watch your input drive or they will start distorting and scratching. I ran the ones I had at 10 - 12 watts and wouldnt push it past 15 watts input. The ones I had were running 4 x SD-1446 transistors but seen some of the others were running 4 x MRF-455. you will see about 350 watts on an average reading meter I never ran mine into a true active peak reading meter which isnt all that important anyways.

$75.00 is a great price if all works as it should take note that they are EXTREMELY HEAVY so watch where you set it up

 

[AudioShockwav]

The later ones used 1446`s in them, the older ones MRF 455`s
I doubt it is class AB, they print that on all the Knock off Pal amps ( and Pal Elites and the Boomer 250 and 500`s.
Almost all of them are the vertical transformer style boards with auto SSB delay.


73
Jeff

 

[johnny9]

i was looking at a craigs list add in fla and figured id search the amp here first..they are using the exact pic thats on this forum and want 325.00 for it..
i guess they could have just borrowed the pic from here