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Old January 13th 08, 02:36 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors
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I have an Amplifier - Penetrater HB 200 - which is labeled "Amateur
Bi-Linear". It has a switch for on/off (power) - and without looking at it -
the other I believe either for the receive pre-amp OR AM/SSB operation.
There is no "band select" switch on it.

I can't find a lick of info on this amp - have googled a couple times. Any
hits I got were non-informative - unless I missed one.

So - my question is - "was" this made for 10 meters - which I'm assuming it
would be being a "single band", OR for 11 meters?

At any rate - I acquired it some time ago - the "Finals" were removed. I'm
not sure if they were smoked "or" someone was wanting to put bigger ones in
it to beef it up.

The "Transformer" in this thing is hefty and probably constitutes about 3/4
of the weight of the Amp. Aside from the Tranny - there is a PC board, the
cabinet, connectors - thats about it. I had always thought of trying to get
the Tranny info - and "maybe" - seeing if there was a possibility for a
"multi-band" amp.

I would like to sell this thing for parts - whole or parted out. If anyone
has any info on it - so maybe the Transformer can be used otherwise - or is
interested in buying this, let me know.

Even if it were for "10 meters" - "I" have no use for it. Even as a Ham,
I've never used an Amp. Never needed to.