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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Toptek amps from DXE will do 80ish with just a few watts input. They dont like anything over 5, great for qrp rig input. I have the one below, seems to be robust. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/tek-pa-85v" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_1474986501">Toptek Communications PA-85V Toptek Communications PA-85V VHF Power Amplifiers | DX Engineering</a></div><div><br></div><div id="ydp72fba768enhancr_card_1474986501" class="ydp72fba768yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp72fba768ymail-preserve-class ydp72fba768ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, OpenSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/tek-pa-85v" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/tek-pa-85v" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydp72fba768yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydp72fba768card-wrapper ydp72fba768yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp72fba768card ydp72fba768yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp72fba768card-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/pZiMpQho07LQ65WL.OEDww--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://static.dxengineering.com/global/images/prod/xlarge/tek-pa-85v_um_xl.jpg.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; position: relative; border-radius: 2px 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 175px;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:396px;height:175px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/pZiMpQho07LQ65WL.OEDww--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://static.dxengineering.com/global/images/prod/xlarge/tek-pa-85v_um_xl.jpg.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]--><table border="0" class="ydp72fba768card-overlay-container-table ydp72fba768yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp72fba768card-overlay-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/cv/ae/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV21/1/enhancr_gradient-400x175.png" bgcolor="transparent" valign="top" style="background-color: transparent; border-radius: 2px 2px 0px 0px; min-height: 175px;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:396px;height:175px;position:absolute;top:-18px;left:0;"><v:fill type="pattern" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/cv/ae/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV21/1/enhancr_gradient-400x175.png"/><v:textbox inset="0,0,20px,0"><![endif]--><table border="0" class="ydp72fba768yahoo-ignore-table" height="175" style="width: 100%; min-height: 175px;"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp72fba768card-richInfo2" style="text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top"></td><td class="ydp72fba768card-actions" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top"><div class="ydp72fba768card-share-container"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><!--[if gte mso 9]></v:textbox></v:rect><![endif]--></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td><table border="0" align="center" class="ydp72fba768card-info ydp72fba768yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:#fff;position:relative;z-index:2;width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0 0 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233)"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, OpenSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydp72fba768card-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, OpenSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); max-width: 314px;">Toptek Communications PA-85V Toptek Communications PA-85V VHF Power Ampl...</h2><p class="ydp72fba768card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 158, 168);">Free Shipping - Toptek Communications PA-85V VHF Power Amplifiers with qualifying orders of $99. Shop VHF/UHF Am...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, November 11, 2024 at 06:24:40 PM CST, Richard Bonica via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp4a684f31yiv2526878129"><div><div>Well - I need to go 5watts since I am going mobile and need save battery. But thank you all, after looking at suggestions and looking how they work, there is an amplifier standard chip the ht use. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>Again - thank you all </div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp4a684f31yiv2526878129gmail_quote"><div id="ydp4a684f31yiv2526878129yqt59047" class="ydp4a684f31yiv2526878129yqt9924630117"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp4a684f31yiv2526878129gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 11, 2024, 3:42 PM John Denison via BVARC <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bvarc@bvarc.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp4a684f31yiv2526878129gmail_quote"><u></u>
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Was that supposed to be 50 watts? I haven't seen any amplifiers that
boost 2 or 3 watts to 5 watts. I have used Mirage amplifiers in the
past and they worked as expected. Since Mirage was taken over by MFJ
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<div>I am looking for an amplifier for UHF/VHF signals. Want
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5 watt. Does anyone have experience and what did you use?</span></div>
<div>Note: just want either simple chip or simple board to go
between SDR radio and antenna.</div>
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