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>Från: "sm5ki" <sm5ki@algonet.se>
>Till: W8JI@contesting.com , "brakob, hans" <hans_brakob@adc.com> ,
amps@contesting.com
>Ämne: SV: SV: [AMPS] ncl parts
>Datum: tis 21 nov 2000 22.59
>
>Jukka used first a ACOM 2000 that broke and he had to wait for the EMTRON
>DX1 that works on 160. I know, as this has been published in the ham
>magazines and I had the pleasure to join him in Stockholm harbor and go with
>him in his car to the DX-meeting in Karlsborg in October this year. He gave
>a wonderful lecture about his Pitcairn expedition with video takes. A great
>guy.
>
>This amp works on all WARC bands and 160 as well. You could on a DX
>expedition, take with you some spare modules just to be sure. But I do not
>believe it is necessary - there are a lot of protection circuits. There are
>some inside pictures on EMTRONs homepage of those modules and the DX1 and
>bigger brother the DX2.
>
>73s de Hans
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>>Från: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
>>Till: "Brakob, Hans" <Hans_Brakob@adc.com>, amps@contesting.com, "sm5ki"
><sm5ki@algonet.se>
>>Ämne: Re: SV: [AMPS] ncl parts
>>Datum: tis 21 nov 2000 17.10
>>
>
>>> Fantastic quality and relatively cheap for the quality you get.. Their
>>> amps use a modular system with many protection circuits and cheap Russian
>>> tubes. The smallest amp, the DX1, uses a 1200VA c-core transformer for a
>>> 1000W pep output. And the latest version of this amp coming out is more
>>> quite then the first one, I heard. Look at their home page:
>>> http://www.emtron.com.au A DX1 was used in the late VP6BR expedition.
>>> Jukka ran more than 21000 qsos ( 700 a day some days )
>>without failure.
>>
>>Are you sure about that?
>>
>>VP6BR had no working 160 meter amplifier for over a month, so he
>>would not work 160 meters. I distinctly remember him telling
>>people on the higher bands he was waiting for parts when they
>>would ask him to go to 160.
>>73, Tom W8JI
>>w8ji@contesting.com
>>
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