who runs what

[leftseat]

I have been running a LA900 for about 9 years. No problems and I love it

[4600 Turbo]

What about Fatboy? I feel left out in the cold

I run a 4600 turbo into a 4 pill Fatboy. I really like the setup.

[SkinnyPuppy]

I have a Brute Force 350 and have another one on order.

[Stroker]

425 GIMPY MADE GIMPY MADE POP.

[Triple5]

I run a 4 Pill Skywalker here!

[sundance]

I run a Cobra 29 Classic..a 1992 model...with a 250HD TX Star and a Wilson 5000 antenna...Soon though, I'm gonna get a General Lee or a Connex 3300HP...I know same radio, but the 3300 was the 2nd radio, after my 29 Classic i fell in love with..

[DVLCHLD]

I have a Texas Star DX-500, Cobra 29 NW ST, and a Wilson 5000 in my van.

[Runaway]

does anyone know where to look for a Skywalker ? I saw one at a radio shop and like how they look but they wanted way too much for the 4-pill at the radio shop...

[Duck Commander]

vote for the website and look on all the websites thay are listed and there is a weebsite for Skywalker amps

[Runaway]

ok...Thanks

[Mountaineer]

Skywalker quit making amps. They no longer offer them. I contacted them about their build process, since they are the cleanest built amps i have ever seen. They said they dont make any money on them so they dropped the amplifiers. Too much overhead cost. That is why most amp builders use big ugly cabinets for amps, to keep cost down.

I run a custom linear amplifer.

[Rex_foxhound]

Mountaineer, I added a voting option for custom or homemade amps.

[triple7wva]

I'm running a 10 pill Dave in the mobile and was running a sky walker 6pill in the house for a while but i got the new tubes for my Maco 750 brute. that old brute is a talker. I've got pics at my pap's house of it keying 100watts swinging close to 1kw.

the sky walker was a very clean amp but just not my style..J

[fly442]

148 cobra driving a 9 pill power buddy. 1x8 1446. works great 500 on low 950 on high on 12 volts

[steved]

I ran a "DX" made by a guy in Louisiana...they looked A LOT like a Texas Star, only it had big toggle switches in place of the TS's push butons. I bought it from a log truck driver near Jackson, Mississippi...he was running an 8 pill of the same make.

Not sure of the construction (it was riveted together), but it would swing almost 600 watts with my cobra 29 putting around 15 watts peak into it...I believe it was 10/125 low, 10/max med, 250/max high. I guessed it was a 4 pill?? It pulled around 50 amps from the battery...

I know it surprised the guy I traded it to...he told me a box that size would only do 250...then it swung 550 with almost no input on his setup...I really liked that amp, kicked myself ever since I traded it.

No I have a MF80 coming...let the downward spiral begin!

steved

[AK295]

MoWatts 6pill driven by a homebrew 2x2290.A Texas Star 500v, along with my Skippers and Varmint Tubers.
And now the proud owner of a SMOKIN EastCoast 2pill box!

[BtyMONSTER]

does anyone know where to look for a Skywalker ? I saw one at a radio shop and like how they look but they wanted way too much for the 4-pill at the radio shop...

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i run a lil sidewinder 200 . its 20-25 yrs old and still doing fine . original rivits......never been opened .

[209 first class]

4 pill, at 4 watts of course. firecracker amplifier.

[Spitfire 441]

No tube amp choice?

[triple7wva]

No tube amp choice?

davemade builds AC boxes. i recently sold my 250b and 3-500z dave tube boxes...jas

[Spitfire 441]

No tube amp choice?

davemade builds AC boxes. i recently sold my 250b and 3-500z dave tube boxes...jas

I don't need one. I just wanted to vote for my choice @ the beginning of the thread. I Run a Firebird 500 (four31LQ6) and a Heathkit SB1000 (one3-500z).

[Mentor3006]

No Fatboy?
No Palomar?
No Powerplate?
No Messenger?
No Black Cat?
No Brute Force?
No Silverstreak?

I think the most common I have seen in use are in order...

#1. Texas Star.
#2. Messenger.
#3. Palomar.
#4. Fat Boy.

[drdx]

That might be because, with the exception of the Fat Boy, most of those brands aren't as popular as they used to be. Example, in the tube world, it used to be Maco, Varmint, Maverick, etc. Those things are almost extinct now in comparison. -drdx

[Mentor3006]

Well, I just know what I have seen.

Fat Boy is actually pretty new in my book. Palomars are okay, but run hot. Always been happy with Messenger... Never an issue there other than no remote option.

[Red Ranger]

Palomar here and it's not on the list.