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Re: Here come the ham bashers....

Ya know, you're just up the road from me there in West Chester.

We should grab a beer sometime, or at least set up a sked on a local repeater.

Once I pay my truck off, I plan on saving up and getting my HF gear a little extra "horsepower". I'm not looking to go 1500 PEP, but a nice mid range amp would be nice.

I also have a 1 acre lot with NO deed restrictions. Yep, it's soon to be tower time.
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moonpuppy join:2000-08-21 Glen Burnie, MD ·Verizon Online DSL	Re: Here come the ham bashers.... said by N3OGH : I also have a 1 acre lot with NO deed restrictions. Yep, it's soon to be tower time. Towers are nice. Even better with no deed restrictions.
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SB-200 Heathkit, The Green Pig

Get yourself a "Green Pig" a Heathkit SB-200 or 220 they are cheap easy to repair and parts are easy to come by. I really like my SB-200's 600 or so watts. I can see it now some idiot is trying to play Helo 3 on a BPL connection and you hit him up with a Green Pig" and arrrrgghh!!!!

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Re: Here come the ham bashers....

That sounds like a good idea.

Actually, I could probably feed my G5RV with that until I can scrape up the cash for my tower.

Where did you pick yours up at, and what are they going for these days?

I've always had an affinity for tube driven equipment. My first HF rig was a Kenwood 830 with 2 6146 B's in the back. Nothing like the warm glow of tubes on a chilly winter night....

I can't WAIT to put the tower up. My neighborhood used to be kinda rural. It wasn't uncommon to find cars up on blocks in peoples driveway, or a bulldozer in the side yard. Now it's full of rich yuppie types who are going to FREAK when I put that big azz HF beam and VHF/UHF array up. I only need about 35 feet to clear the top of my house and surrounding structures/trees.

Did I mention I'm about 350 feet above sea level

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Re: Here come the ham bashers....

SB-200 go for about 150 to 200 dollars in good working order. They use a pair of 572B triodes for power. The SB-220 goes for about 300 to 400 dollars in working order it does the legal limit of 1500 watts using a pair CX500 triodes. They are so easy to repair if you can get a good deal on one of these amps which is not working I would would consider it. The only part if failed is a killer is the power transformer if it is gone the unit becomes a parts rig. You can find them on the swap lists and at ham feasts. These two amp in their day where the most popular HF amp on the market and thousands and thousands where sold. I am told the best place to find them is at any Texas Ham feast, Texas is a big place and they need big power on their HF setups

I have my SB-200 hooked up to one of my TS-530S it is a great combination. This outfit has the parts to update the Green Pigs.

»www.harbachelectronics.com/

I ran a G5RV dipole for years. I recently replaced mine with a conventional dipole with parts from The Wireman. »thewireman.com/index.shtml

I am fortunate to live in a area that will never see BPL. We have Hamradio operators in important positions in the local power company so any such proposal will be laughed out of the building.

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