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« on: February 16, 2022, 2059 UTC »
I couldn't tell you about Texas Star, but I have had zero problems with old linears on 10-40's meters with stuff like Pride, Grey, even a generic looking 100 watt HME box. I believe the old ones generally worked 3-30 mhz. Now I DID have problems with my only expensive purchase, the RM Italy about 10 years ago. It was I believe a 150, fan or two on top, knob band selector on the left, billed as 1.8-30mhz. Absolute P. O. S. Tested on the bench with a Cobra stock CB. Worked ok, but not real impressed with output. Mobile I could not get it to work >90% of the time. I tried everything 1-10 watt input, connections, 10m, 40m. No reason why it decided to work once for a minute then not. Other amps worked just fine. Luckily got my $ back.
So gitcha an old cheaper one. Only issues I have had with them is fuse getting sizzly from age and poor connection. So chop off and add new wire with fuse. I have also never had to replace a cap in any of the 4 I have which is amazing. If you 'chaw' minutes+ straight at a time, put a fan on top.
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