LOOKY!!! DX Engineering sells RM Italy AMPS

[Mudfoot]

https://www.dxengineering.com/searc...uct-line/rm-italy-hla305-hf-linear-amplifiers

 

[nomadradio]

Who says it won't work on 11 meters?

73

 

[fourstringburn]

That they do, but only the FCC certified ones.

 

[Tallman]

It seem like a lot of cash for so little RF power gain. Most ham rigs put out a solid 100 watts and will do it as long as necessary. I have one of the HLA 300's and I'm not really interested in fixing it. Still uses the MS1051 transistors. For me to get interested in an amplifier it would need to put out 400 watts dead key.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Cool store!

 

[2RT307]

Some of the folks that run low power Flex 1500's and Elecraft K3's use them to get 100 watts out... supposedly they work pretty good when you don't drive them to full output, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than the alternatives. Seems like there was a guy that had a website where he did a review on them and showed the spectral purity, IMD, and all that jazz.

73,
Brett

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Some of the folks that run low power Flex 1500's and Elecraft K3's use them to get 100 watts out... supposedly they work pretty good when you don't drive them to full output, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than the alternatives. Seems like there was a guy that had a website where he did a review on them and showed the spectral purity, IMD, and all that jazz.

73,
Brett

W8JI perhaps?

 

[Tallman]

It's true that the RMItaly product line has increased the quality and functionality of the amps. Especially since they went for FCC approval, but paying $700.00 to $750 for an amp that only puts out 200 watts continuous is a bit of a waste.
I would spend the money on a good radio and a antenna rather than just blow it on an amplifier.

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

This is around $800. 800W PEP
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/ame-al-811h

 

[2RT307]

W8JI perhaps?

Yes, that is the guy.

73,
Brett

 

[2RT307]

This is around $800. 800W PEP
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/ame-al-811h

As I mentioned befire, most of the people I have heard are running qrp rigs, and use the RM Italy amp to boost to 100 watts. I have never loaded my AL-80B with 5 watts, so I am not sure what the output would be. I have also heard that a lot of these guys are space limited, so a full size amp takes up too much space.

73,
Brett

 

[2RT307]

This is around $800. 800W PEP
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/ame-al-811h

As I mentioned befire, most of the people I have heard are running qrp rigs, and use the RM Italy amp to boost to 100 watts. I have never loaded my AL-80B with 5 watts, so I am not sure what the output would be. I have also heard that a lot of these guys are space limited, so a full size amp takes up too much space.

73,
Brett

 

[543_Dallas]

It's true that the RMItaly product line has increased the quality and functionality of the amps. Especially since they went for FCC approval, but paying $700.00 to $750 for an amp that only puts out 200 watts continuous is a bit of a waste.
I would spend the money on a good radio and a antenna rather than just blow it on an amplifier.

They have their place. I almost bought an apache labs anan 10e and with an Elecraft KXPA100 amp....yeah a $700 2 pill. At that time the price difference between the anan 10e and anan 100 was about $700. Six in one hand and a half dozen in the other.

 

[Mudfoot]

They have their place. I almost bought an apache labs anan 10e and with an Elecraft KXPA100 amp....yeah a $700 2 pill. At that time the price difference between the anan 10e and anan 100 was about $700. Six in one hand and a half dozen in the other.

It's only money, some people have plenty of it.

 

[Tallman]

As I mentioned befire, most of the people I have heard are running qrp rigs, and use the RM Italy amp to boost to 100 watts.
73,
Brett

I thought the whole reason for running QRP is to make contacts with low power.
Doesn't hanging a power amp behind QRP sort of defeats the purpose?