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texas star VS. midnight special
- Thread starter Se7en
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Components used to create it are the reason, it uses a solid copper board and a point to point circuit design that works but is inferior in every aspect.
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BOOTY MONSTER
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from what i can tell ...
ab biasing
printed circuit board
fancier switches
there may be some fee for their cw certification from the fcc ?????
for 271 a new 4 pill 2879 is pretty cheap . i wonder if they hold up well ? if they do i wonder what x-force would charge to add a B class bias . or if they will since they'ed be cutting into their TNT sales . theres only a $30 difference between their HD400 and TNT 600 . if they will do the same difference to a midnite 500 making it a $300 B biased 4 pill it might appeal to a few SSB's that like the copper style board construction or are on a tight budget .
ab biasing
printed circuit board
fancier switches
there may be some fee for their cw certification from the fcc ?????
for 271 a new 4 pill 2879 is pretty cheap . i wonder if they hold up well ? if they do i wonder what x-force would charge to add a B class bias . or if they will since they'ed be cutting into their TNT sales . theres only a $30 difference between their HD400 and TNT 600 . if they will do the same difference to a midnite 500 making it a $300 B biased 4 pill it might appeal to a few SSB's that like the copper style board construction or are on a tight budget .
Booty,
They won't do a MS500 in B bias. I asked last spring and got the answer no. For what I wanted the 600 was too high to fit the space but a 500 was gtg.
They won't do a MS500 in B bias. I asked last spring and got the answer no. For what I wanted the 600 was too high to fit the space but a 500 was gtg.
What He said ^^^^^^
That is the reason they are cheap, no bias....the SSB switch only add`s a delay.
73
Jeff
That is the reason they are cheap, no bias....the SSB switch only add`s a delay.
73
Jeff
They do ok on AM, (I had a MS 700), but they sound terrible on SSB. As others have mentioned, its in the biasing (or lack of it). I have ran a non variable TS DX500 for almost 7 years now with absolutely no problems. Nothing but compliments on SSB, and AM works great as well. I have several different mobile rigs, and the non variable TS DX500 seems happy with all of them.
73,
RT307
73,
RT307