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Call Sign : 108-CT-226 / MM0IMC Posts : 86 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2023-03-10 QTH or Location : Ayrshire Equipment Used : Amstrad 901 Sidebander
Subject: Homebrew 10m Linear Amplifiers. Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:53 pm
Here's a picture of two homebrew 10m linear amplifiers that I've built, in the last few years.
The top one is a GI-7B triode based one and the larger one is a GS-35B triode based one.
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Subject: Re: Homebrew 10m Linear Amplifiers. Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:56 pm
Hi Ian,,what would be a typical build cost for the smaller one with the GI-7B tube
cheers Alan
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Subject: Re: Homebrew 10m Linear Amplifiers. Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:38 pm
weealan wrote:
Hi Ian,,what would be a typical build cost for the smaller one with the GI-7B tube
cheers Alan
Difficult to say, as the cost of parts can go up and down. Perhaps £300-£400, as many of the parts can be gotten from eBay. The main transformer is a salvaged microwave oven transformer, with the magnetic shunts removed.
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Subject: Re: Homebrew 10m Linear Amplifiers. Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:48 am
Nice work there Ian. Well done!
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Subject: Re: Homebrew 10m Linear Amplifiers. Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:54 am
Victor wrote:
Nice work there Ian. Well done!
I'm building a third one for a friend, then downing tools forever... It'll be similar to the GI-7B build, but with a GI-46B triode instead.
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Subject: Re: Homebrew 10m Linear Amplifiers. Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:05 am
That's a shame Ian as you obviously know what you're doing. (Anode voltages alone are enough to scare off most!)
I do enjoy a good bit of homebrew and thermionic valves hold a fondness but it's all a lot more difficult nowadays with silly prices asked for even the most basic of parts. I hope your skills can still serve you well with other projects as it's always good to keep a hand & mind in such things.
(My once dextrous hands are reduced to 'bear paws' nowadays and I'm slowly going blind as a bat! Still got the tenacity to keep trying things though. )
All the best to you, Victor
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Subject: Re: Homebrew 10m Linear Amplifiers. Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:47 am
Victor wrote:
That's a shame Ian as you obviously know what you're doing. (Anode voltages alone are enough to scare off most!)
I do enjoy a good bit of homebrew and thermionic valves hold a fondness but it's all a lot more difficult nowadays with silly prices asked for even the most basic of parts. I hope your skills can still serve you well with other projects as it's always good to keep a hand & mind in such things.
(My once dextrous hands are reduced to 'bear paws' nowadays and I'm slowly going blind as a bat! Still got the tenacity to keep trying things though. )
All the best to you, Victor
Prices are getting silly and parts are getting harder to come by, especially suitable air spaced variable capacitors for tune and load of the tank circuit.
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Subject: Homebrew 10m Linear Amplifiers. 
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