[amsat-bb] UHF amps

[Gary]

TE Systems 4448G
http://tesystems.com/420-450.htm



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From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Jim White
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2018 5:25 PM
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] UHF amps

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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