I'm not a beginner. Been a ham for 64 years. However I have never
built a legal limit Solid State Amp. I have thrown my name in the hat
with my friend Mike and both w5mp and w0vt are going to build two of
them. We appreciate the info some have provided. We are now educating
ourselves and will build when no longer babes in the woods. If
anything, solid state amps appear to becoming easier to build. Seems
like many commercial ham solid state amps are using really old
technology. Mike and I don't want blinking LED lamps and LED bar graph
meters and automatic band switching. Analog meters with a band switch
for us! Leaving this stuff off will make things much simpler and less
complicated. Less things to go wrong. Here in Houston Mike and I have
been using a local aluminum machine shop to fabricate our chassis and
cabinets for prior projects. They have done beautiful custom work at
reasonable costs with fast turn around. So our projects will be nicely
housed. We are both looking forward to the effort. Right now we are
anticipating the cost to be around $1500.
Lee, w0vt
On 1/19/2018 2:55 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:08:13 -0600, W0VT wrote:
I suspect there are no
decent articles on building one anywhere.
REPLY:
That's true and there is a reason for that. Building a legal limit
solid state amp is not for beginners. A tube amp is much easier and
more forgiving of rookie mistakes.
Not to mention he would also have to build a set of harmonic filters
and get an antenna tuner, neither of which is needed with a tube amp.
FWIW.
73, Bill W6WRT
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