Newbie needin a little amp help

[humanphibian]

I'm currently running a barefoot Uniden 68xl, with a Wilson 1000. I've kinda been bitten by the power bug, and will be picking up a Texas Star DX399.
What kind of work....HYPOTHETICALLY.... is involved in converting this amp to operate on 11 meter.....NOT that I would actually do something like that. :shocked: I would just like to know incase the FCC ever changes things.

[Mr RadioActive]

1. Unsolder the wire (black) from the small key jack on the rear panel.
2. Locate the two standing capacitors (15pf and 33pf) near the relay and RF choke. Unsolder and remove the (green) wire from the tops of the capacitors. Separate and remove the 33pf capacitor leaving the 15pf (C1) in place. Resolder the standing end of the 15pf capacitor to the adjacent pad on the board. This pad also connects to a wire from the rear panel S0239 connector (Radio).
3. Remove the wire (Red) of the oscillator board from the RF choke (L1) behind the relay.

4. Remove the yellow .1 100v cap of the oscillator board from the main PCB.

5. Remove the oscillator board.
6. Locate the large orange .01 1KV cap (C25) attached to the trace behind the PWR switch. Unsolder the ground end (closest to the relay). Solder the removed lead to the open trace behind the VAR switch.

[Gixxer]

How you like that.. Ask and you shall recieve.

[BigBopper]

buy from a sponsor here and it will talk out of the box,,,LOL

[Mr RadioActive]

Bopper your new signature is cool, but my pages dont load right cause of it!

[herbman]

lol seems easier to just get an amp that works out of the box eh...

[Big Guns]

Was that signature changed by your own free will.

[Big Guns]

Whats that tell ya

[Mr RadioActive]

What does that mean? His signature slowed down the entire site, and a admin changed it. I dont know how to change it.
But we had a few signatures that slowed down the site, or froze up computers, it affected the entire site, was it wrong for admin to fix the problem?

[Big Guns]

They should just ask that person to change it first and explain the reason why, then if that dont work they can take action, It's called political correctness and being polite.

[Mr RadioActive]

I hear ya but it needed a fix, and the site was nearly slowed down or froze up. I hear ya on keeping people posted on changes thats very important, sorry if I took your post the wrong way.

[Big Guns]

No problem and I appreciate you calling me, communication is a good thing, thats the whole point I was trying to make.

[Rex_foxhound]

I wondered where humanphibian had gone. Good to see your still around. :Peace!:

[humanphibian]

sorry for the lack of response, I was out at the lake working rescue (scuba) classes all weekend.

Thanks for the info RA. I got the amp from a sponsor, so hopefully it'll come out of the box ready to go. I'm still new to this stuff so every bit of "inside" info that I can get helps.

[stickman]

I'm currently running a barefoot Uniden 68xl, with a Wilson 1000. I've kinda been bitten by the power bug, and will be picking up a Texas Star DX399.
What kind of work....HYPOTHETICALLY.... is involved in converting this amp to operate on 11 meter.....NOT that I would actually do something like that. :shocked: I would just like to know incase the FCC ever changes things.

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STICKMAN

[prpltbrd]

I have a slightly different question on the same topic. I am going to be looking at buying an amp down the road. I have an old President Grant that I might be interested in putting in my p/u truck after I get a SWP radio from Radioactive. I am thinking about putting amps on both radios. I know the radio I buy from RadioActive will already be setup to run an amp but what would I need to do to my Grant.

Also is there a difference between an amplifier and a CW transmitter. I always thought Texas Star was amps but I keep seeing them advertised as CW transmitters.

Thanks for all the help.

[Bozo]

CW (continuous wave) TRANSMITTERS IS HAM RADIO TALK...

I SUGGEST YOU CALL [Please login or register to view this link], OR [Please login or register to view this link]. THEY ARE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH. TELL THEM YOU WERE REFERRED BY THE CBRT FORUM.