I bought a Viewstar PT-2500A for my father and he still uses it. I
like the "instant on", 100W drive gets around 1400 out and down the
road it'll come to me & I'll add on a remote QSK unit. Its a nice
amp.
He is a tube killer with it though, offers it no respect..
Gary
KA1J
> A brain reset will reveal it was designed by Viewstar plus Fred Hammond,
> financed by Hammond, was a sales dud due to few wanted to deal with
> crossborder hassles, arced badly in the tank circuit, sold to B&W for the US
> market and modified to stabilize.
>
> Overpriced and still didnt sell well, a bit under 250 in the US.
>
> I was a B&W US distributor and also was brought in to help with the
> redesign. Also used a pair of unsold rebuilt Viewstars to win 2 ARRL DX
> contests with KQ2M as the op as the shakedown test. Never a hiccup.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: "bob" <n612dw@gmail.com>
> Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 1:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] B&W PT-2500A on 10m?
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>
> > My feeble brain seems to think your amp was made by Viewstar (Canada ?)
> > and B&W stuck their name on it. Worth a Google.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Apr 2, 2014, at 0:07, "bob" <n612dw@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Have this amp and before I take it all apart once again I thought I'd ask
> >> the community first.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Amp was NIB (NOS - S/N 233 a nice find) two years ago,
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