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Tony King - W4ZT
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"Questions from other members Question & Answer Answered On Q: What is the tube # in amp? jsbtsb38 Jan-09-07 A: Hello, 2 amp continious 36,000 volts turned down to 34,000 volts, 6 amp diodes power supply, oil field capasader, 3CX 1500 same as 8877 military issue...more Q: hello, what wre the tubes? thank the zipperrs Jan-09-07 A: Hello, they are 3CX 1500-tge same as a 8877 military issue but better and they are at 100%." 73, Tony W4ZT craxd wrote: The guys making these are ex-Maco employees down in Memphis, TN. Melvin and Sneaky Pete is who I know them by. They bought out what was left of the Maco amp parts back when Dick Orgal and myself quit building amps when the tubes ran out around 89 or 90. Their problem is they don't build with the quality components we used, nor really know how to design them. Their major problems were under-sized power supplies, very noisy blowers, and shoddy workmanship. One can see in this one that the layout is terrible. The power supply is a mess. The cabinets look like the ones built by another friend on mine (Mark Davis) down in Olive Branch, Mississippi just across the state line from Memphis. If so, this is one of their older amps since Mark quit a few years back when his wife bacame ill (unless Marks boy built them). Mark (now around 75-80 years old or so) used to build my cabinets and wind my transformers. Plus, he did build some decent amps himself. He also worked with Maco for a short while when I was associated with them back in the early 80's. I can't tell what tubes are in this one, but they were mostly built with 4CX250B's. These look to be a larger tube. 10 kW though, ehhhh I highly doubt that. |
