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I was out driving around yesterday and heard Prime come in clear as if he was in the next lane. LOTS of people scrambling to make contacts, I didn't bother. 38LSB was a trainwreck yesterday LOL.
Thanks again Justme, I opened up the other Boomer RX-50. Internals all look the same but the transistors are different. They appear to be of different makes (Sylvania?). What can you tell me about this one vs the one pictured above?
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Hi, here's another amp I recently bought in a big box of CB stuff. Can't find much information on it, seems to be from the 70's or 80's.
It's a V-J Boomer RX-50, according to the faceplate, 2 pill amp. Puts out right at 100W on my cheap power meter. Has a label on the side that says do not...
Yeah, when I first powered it up, it would chatter when keyed. I went in and cleaned both relays with deoxit and put the cover back on the one. That, and better power connections to a 30a PS seemed to stop the chatter. It seems to put out fairly clean AM compared to my KL203P.
My cheapie power...
Thanks BJ radionut for the info on the internals. There's no documentation that I can find on the web for this box, so every bit helps. There's no SSB switch on the front, or do some of these auto switch internally?
I have a couple of other old amps I'm dusting off and trying to get running...
Hi everyone.
I recently got this amp in a lot of radios/etc that I purchased. I can't find any real specs or info on it anywhere online. It appears to be an old (1980s?) 2 pill Palomar TX-300 but there's nothing I can find online about it.
It has full heatsink fins on 3 sides, not just the...
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