Re: G3SEK TRIODE BOARD on eBay
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Thanks for that insight, Reid. With all that?being said, the electronic methods for control and protection of triode and tetrode amplifiers haven't changed....Ian's circuits, from an electronics standpoint, are still valid. That being the case, duplicating the circuits with modern components on new boards is entirely feasible for someone with PCB design experience. Whether or not anyone is willing to take up the project is really the crux of the matter, and support of the product is an option entirely up to the person doing the work. I'm not willing to take on that project, but it seems likely to me that someone?would.
Thanks,
Robin Midgett K4IDC
I contacted a friend of Ian's and he dialed him up and asked to comment on the subject at hand.
Ian said he basically was unable to help, here's his reply
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"There have been a few inquiries about reissuing the boards, but I'm afraid that is no longer workable. Here's why:
1. Those boards were designed more than 25 years ago, and many of the components are now obsolete. This was already becoming a problem when I closed the business, and of course has only become worse. Also the software that I used to create the boards and schematics is way out of date, so I can't even edit the files any more.
2. Even if by some miracle I could find the Gerber files, all of those other changes mean that re-issued boards would in reality be new products, each with its own new range of support issues. I always took the "lifetime support" commitment very seriously, but today I don't even have the amplifiers or the test rigs to simulate faults or provide support. Too many things have changed."
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That's life, things change.
73
Reid Brandon? W6MTF
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Robin Midgett