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Which big black base should I get?

nomadradio said:
New 2995 is what we call the "firestarter". Poorly thought-out power amplifier. Serious reliability issues.

A ham HF transceiver for the same money will have SWR protection. The 2995 has the most-primitive SWR alarm there is.

Smoke.

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I sure don't need another problem, if I can avoid it one.
What about the Old Saturn Turbo/RCI 2990, if found clean ? I had one years ago, and don't know why I sold it.
 
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Keto said:
That sounds terrible.
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A lot of the older units have already been converted to a switching supply so its pretty easy to to tell before buying and to be honest it's not a huge pain or real expensive to do the conversion. In the older units thats about the only real issue i know of.
 
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Tokin said:
A lot of the older units have already been converted to a switching supply so its pretty easy to to tell before buying and to be honest it's not a huge pain or real expensive to do the conversion. In the older units thats about the only real issue i know of.
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So if an older one is converted to one of those switching supplies that would take that problem out of the situation?
 
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Keto said:
So if an older one is converted to one of those switching supplies that would take that problem out of the situation?
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Yes it should . I have a 2003 2995dx that still has the factory supply and i havent had a problem with it yet but im not going to push it much further. It needs some attention anyhow so its out of line waiting for repairs.
 
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BJ radionut said:
To me better choice be a Stock 2950...and drive a nice SB-220...L4B...AL82 etc... much better choice IMHO...
Those RED HOT radio's with Built-in amps...are disasters waiting to happen $$$$
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Yeah, I had good luck with my 2950 until lightning shut it down, which will be another topic for later ( probably already a lot of thread information if I knew where that was)
But I'm trying to get away from using external power supplies. Maybe the one reason I don't like external power supplies is the one I have is noisy
 
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I have like 7 HF/VHF radio's running on External Astron Linear supplies...and have run switching supplies. Astron/Diawa/Jetstream...etc...
I however run better quality supplies.
Why would you spend big $$$ on all your radios/amps etc...then look for the CHEAPEST power supply system you can find????:confused::(
Just makes no sense to me:eek::D
 
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BJ radionut said:
I have like 7 HF/VHF radio's running on External Astron Linear supplies...and have run switching supplies. Astron/Diawa/Jetstream...etc...
I however run better quality supplies.
Why would you spend big $$$ on all your radios/amps etc...then look for the CHEAPEST power supply system you can find????:confused::(
Just makes no sense to me:eek::D
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Probably wouldn't
 
BJ radionut said:
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I have like 7 HF/VHF radio's running on External Astron Linear supplies...and have run switching supplies. Astron/Diawa/Jetstream...etc...
I however run better quality supplies.
Why would you spend big $$$ on all your radios/amps etc...then look for the CHEAPEST power supply system you can find????:confused::(
Just makes no sense to me:eek::D
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So I guess if you pay good money for a decent power supply instead of getting a free one give to you, like me, it would be quite?
 
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