2 meter PA
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Can anyone recommend a good 2 meter PA for use with a KX3?
I’m not looking to spend a king’s ransom, but I am leery of blindly buying an “unknown off-shore branded” unit. Being paired with a KX3 it would need to be portable (or at least luggable) and powered by 12 VDC. 30, 40, 50 watts or so would I think be quite fine…just more than the 2 - 3 watts the KX3’s internal 2 meter module puts out. Ideas, suggestions, recommendations welcomed... 73, David - N5DCH ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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RM Italy makes amps that would fit the bill. DX Engineering carries them
Eric KI7LTT On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 8:33 AM David Herring <[hidden email]> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good 2 meter PA for use with a KX3? > > I’m not looking to spend a king’s ransom, but I am leery of blindly buying > an “unknown off-shore branded” unit. > > Being paired with a KX3 it would need to be portable (or at least > luggable) and powered by 12 VDC. 30, 40, 50 watts or so would I think be > quite fine…just more than the 2 - 3 watts the KX3’s internal 2 meter module > puts out. > > Ideas, suggestions, recommendations welcomed... > > 73, > David - N5DCH > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] -- --Eric _________________________________________ Eric Garner ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Mirage and KLM have VHF Amplifiers for SSB.
You can find Used ones at Swaps or QTH.com 73 WA6VAB Ray From: Eric Garner Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 9:22 AM To: David Herring Cc: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 2 meter PA RM Italy makes amps that would fit the bill. DX Engineering carries them Eric KI7LTT On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 8:33 AM David Herring <[hidden email]> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good 2 meter PA for use with a KX3? > > I’m not looking to spend a king’s ransom, but I am leery of blindly buying > an “unknown off-shore branded” unit. > > Being paired with a KX3 it would need to be portable (or at least > luggable) and powered by 12 VDC. 30, 40, 50 watts or so would I think be > quite fine…just more than the 2 - 3 watts the KX3’s internal 2 meter module > puts out. > > Ideas, suggestions, recommendations welcomed... > > 73, > David - N5DCH > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] -- --Eric _________________________________________ Eric Garner ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I use 2 seperate ones for my KX3: Mirage B-34-G for portable/SOTA ops (3 watts in gets me almost 40 watts out) and a Mirage B-320-G for station use (3 watts in yields about 210 watts out).
I bought them both used on QRZ.com from hams with good seller ratings there. I have been very pleased with their performance - especially the 34-G. It has been in my backpack and seen quite a few bumps riding in the Jeep on forest service roads. Hank K4HYJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray ([hidden email]) Date: 06/01/21 13:10 To: Eric Garner ([hidden email]), David Herring ([hidden email]) Cc: Elecraft ([hidden email]) Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 2 meter PA Mirage and KLM have VHF Amplifiers for SSB. You can find Used ones at Swaps or QTH.com 73 WA6VAB Ray From: Eric Garner Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 9:22 AM To: David Herring Cc: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 2 meter PA RM Italy makes amps that would fit the bill. DX Engineering carries them Eric KI7LTT On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 8:33 AM David Herring <[hidden email]> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good 2 meter PA for use with a KX3? > > I’m not looking to spend a king’s ransom, but I am leery of blindly buying > an “unknown off-shore branded” unit. > > Being paired with a KX3 it would need to be portable (or at least > luggable) and powered by 12 VDC. 30, 40, 50 watts or so would I think be > quite fine…just more than the 2 - 3 watts the KX3’s internal 2 meter module > puts out. > > Ideas, suggestions, recommendations welcomed... > > 73, > David - N5DCH > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] -- --Eric _________________________________________ Eric Garner ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I had great success with an RF Concepts brick for quite a few years. Not made anymore but are for sale frequently. Receive preamp worked well too. I had the RFC2-417 which is supposed to be 170w out for 40w in, but got quite a lot of power driven by an HT. They have a few configs like RFC2-23 which is 2w in 30w out.
Definitely recommended. 73 Josh W6XU Sent from my iPad > On Jun 1, 2021, at 8:33 AM, David Herring <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a good 2 meter PA for use with a KX3? > > I’m not looking to spend a king’s ransom, but I am leery of blindly buying an “unknown off-shore branded” unit. > > Being paired with a KX3 it would need to be portable (or at least luggable) and powered by 12 VDC. 30, 40, 50 watts or so would I think be quite fine…just more than the 2 - 3 watts the KX3’s internal 2 meter module puts out. > > Ideas, suggestions, recommendations welcomed... > > 73, > David - N5DCH > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On 6/1/2021 10:38 AM, Hank via Elecraft wrote:
> I use 2 seperate ones for my KX3: Mirage B-34-G for portable/SOTA ops (3 watts in gets me almost 40 watts out) and a Mirage B-320-G for station use (3 watts in yields about 210 watts out). Same advice here, but especially look for one of these "brick amps" PRE-MFJ, when they were built on the west coast by two or more different companies. W6GJB and I were looking several years ago, and a post on the NCCC reflector brought four offers. They're essentially 150W amps, but models with different drive levels, from 2 to 30W. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On 6/1/2021 11:16 AM, Josh Fiden wrote:
> I had great success with an RF Concepts brick for quite a few years. Yes. This was one of the brands I was talking about. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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My sincerest thanks to everyone who responded to this query, both on list and off. I received a LOT of good recommendations and information. :-)
Thanks again, everyone! 73, David - N5DCH > On Jun 1, 2021, at 9:32 AM, David Herring <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a good 2 meter PA for use with a KX3? > > I’m not looking to spend a king’s ransom, but I am leery of blindly buying an “unknown off-shore branded” unit. > > Being paired with a KX3 it would need to be portable (or at least luggable) and powered by 12 VDC. 30, 40, 50 watts or so would I think be quite fine…just more than the 2 - 3 watts the KX3’s internal 2 meter module puts out. > > Ideas, suggestions, recommendations welcomed... > > 73, > David - N5DCH > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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