Spreader drilled and tapped

I had some issues drilling the spreader, I thought the drill would go through the copper like butter, that is partially true, but as this is a very thick piece I’m drilling, it grabbed the drill and twisted it. I had two 2.5mm drills twist to bits and I could not get them out of [...]

600w update - pdf's

Here are some excellent pdf’s from the father of the EB104

QST_Dec_1982_p13-16

QST_Jan_1983_p30-33

Motorola-600 Watts RF Power FETs EB104

And here are some of the best links I have found:

crazy italians (must stop this music!): http://i5uxj-2.cln.it/amp/amphf150/amp150.html

This is a good page, if not the best.. : http://www.g4apvweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

One more: http://oh8jep.kotinet.com/eb104.html

This is perhaps not to par, don’t understand how this was posted [...]

Update Nov 20.

So, day7 in the H1N1 swine flue s***… just starting to gain consciousness

Got my way to expensive Mouser order today – happy that the FedEx charge was 0.00 usd… so they just smeared that on the rest of the components. Only reason I used Mouser was the selection of 1000v silver-dipped-mica capacitors, they seem to [...]

WordPress problems…

This is a new version of the site…

after having very strange stalling issues with WordPress,  when loading the page, it would just wait 10-15s before anything would be transferred out of the server. Tried disabling all addons, etc.. In the end, I just downloaded newest version of WP, theme and some plugins.. seems to work [...]

600W process report

This is based on the Motorola EB104 bulletin:

EB104 amplifier board ordered from Communications Concepts, including 4x MRF150
Omron 12V Relays ordered from Ebay – used for TR switching and filter selection
Toroids and accessories orderd from Amidon
Large heatsink gotten from my father, TF3T
1200VA toroid transformer was bought in my trip to Shanghai – loong story there!
Going to [...]

Project start - 600W 1.8 - 30 Mhz Linear Amplifier

I have been planning to build a 600w linear amplifier to use on the HF bands.

Why homebuilt??

I have been asking my that question many times. If I have to order a commercial built amplifier I have to give out at least $1500-2000 USD. That will put a dent in the home budget and my XYL will notice [...]

Fyrstu loftnetspælingarnar!

Jæja, þá lánaði Pabbi mér TS-570S, fínasta stöð

Þá er málið, hvernig skal maður koma sér í loftið. Ég bý á jarðhæð í blokk í Grafarholtinu, svo það er nokkuð snúið að koma sér í loftið.

Ég ákvað að byrja að koma mér í loftið í skjóli næturs, þ.e. setja upp loftnet þegar rökkva tekur og krakkarnir [...]