[amsat-bb] UHF amps

[David J. Schmocker]

Jim:
Check website of W6PQL.com or email Jim.. He has lots of great amplifier
solutions available.  73,
Dave KJ9I

On 11/25/18, 5:24 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Jim White"
<amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of jim at coloradosatellite.com> wrote:

>I'm looking for suggestions on UHF power amps.  One of my stations uses
>a 10mw output SDR with a 2W gain block after it on TX.  Right now I'm
>driving the 2W into a MIRAGE D26 to about 35W. I'd like to have about
>100W.  As I look at the various amateur power amps I'm not finding
>anything with 2W in and 100ish out.  I could add some attenuation to the
>SDR/2W amp string and get the D26 output down to perhaps 20W to drive
>another power amp but that's not desirable because two amps in series
>creates a few problems.
>
>I can find Minicircuits gain blocks that would get me to perhaps 10W, in
>place of the 2W gain block, then drive something like a D1010 but those
>are a bit steep at >$1,000....
>
>So any ideas on how to get the SDR 10mw output up to about 100W would be
>appreciated.
>
>Jim
>
>
>
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