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    EB104 amp project

    Been building an amp.. enjoy 1st stage of amp module construction :)

    Drilling up the copper



    And the transistors



    And components



    transistors ...



    Test setup:



    First 100W! (of 600w)

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    Brackets



    Wiring





    Cover



    and laying out the insides


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    Rest of the amp will consist of custom PIC controller with 20 x 4 display (same as beacon), LPFs, foward and reverse power detection and input attenuators.
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    Nice work. I wish I had a machine/metal shop.

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    How many pills is that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    Nice work. I wish I had a machine/metal shop.
    Thanks, no machine shop here, a shed and a jigsaw to cut the steel bits, a really cheap pillar drill and a £10 tap/die set from ebay. Copper was ordered as a piece which just happened to fit perfectly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    How many pills is that?
    How high do you want to get ;)

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    the mrf150s i have are fakes, unfortunately. But after flattening the unbelievably wonky mounting tabs, they seem to work by some stroke of sheer luck. for how long though....
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    Looks nicely done there :) Sorry you got some bunk components. Hopefully, real components wont throw anything off for you there on the final construction.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KC2UGV View Post
    Looks nicely done there :) Sorry you got some bunk components. Hopefully, real components wont throw anything off for you there on the final construction.
    Yeah annoying. Plan is to build all the monitoring and protection before ramping up the power. The MRF150s are 'remanufactured' (very poorly). I do not expect them to last long or work properly, but if I can get away with fakes, decent monitoring and careful abuse then that would be great

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