BBI is definetly a sharp guy, i absolutely love his Vacuum tube videos, I grew up around Father who was a radar engineer for Lockheed aircraft back in the 50's 60's and 70's who was also an Amatuer extra class and had a first class license back in the mid 20's. Dad's vacuum tube power supplies and linears were second to none, BBI has explained to Me what my Dad didn't or couldn't. Your a great guy Sharkey, just discovered you a few day ago, ill say you got a nitch for learning and perfecting this fanntastic hobby.
Great job! Sharky, you remind me of myself a Neat Freak and I love it, keep up the good work. You did a good job of showing what you did and how it work, I love all of your videos even from the first one. Take it from the Professor "TECH-NINE" you and my friend BBI A.K.A. Luke are the only videos that I still watch on Amp building, I use to be on CZcams but I stop uploading my videos in 2016 due to "Haters", so I say again "KEEP IT UP" and good luck on your next project. Tech-Nine Technologies.
Neither You Sharky, You Tech-Nine or BBi should or need to worry about the ignorant "Haters" out there. Results speak for themselves along side of the education you guys have to offer through commentary. Haters look like the idiots they are and actually drive reasonable people to you guys. Nobody ever sees them producing results for the public in anyway let alone quantity. People who are busy "Doing" aren't on forums or CZcams making 1000s of comments a year. I learned this in my business being available to the public. I dont have time to post about everyone and everything if I was so inclined. And remember, the public is full of stupid people. If nobody is complaining, you're actually doing something wrong!
Much appreciate the many hours you spent learning and teaching. I built amps for a friend for 30 years. Thanks to you and BBI, my addiction has returned. There's an MRF300 breadboard in my future. ENIG plated PCB with adequate stitching, awesome!
Love The Final Build Sharky, Very Clean Very Professional. Fantastic Job My Friend. I Definitely Have Interest In A Kit/Pallet That You Might Come Up With. Love The 100% Duty Cycle Factor. I Don't Know Anyone That Builds Like That. Mostly Shootout Boxes That Are Good For 60-90 Seconds Tx And 5 Minutes Rx. Love The Fact That I Could Rag Chew For 10-15 Minutes Every Time I Step On That Loud Pedal 😁 Yes I'm A Long Winded Mo-Fo 😁🤣😆
MD Sharky Thank You for calm demeanor and detailed explanation on your piece of wizardry . Way to go Dude you nailed this one . 1. Do you have a link to buy your single pallet 2k LDMOS kit ? 2.What else you do recommend, that is essential for a absolute novice to assemble your kit ? I can solder and have a Multi Meter. Once again Great build !
Is This It For You I have enjoyed this project to see where you came from and what you have achieved in terms of of knowledge of LD moss congratulations brother I am blown away nice job
Thank You For Sharing The List Of " Helping Hands" So To Speak. I Do Believe You Have A Gift/Talent When It Comes To Building Electronic Devices. I Have Saved Most Of Your Video's For Reference And I Imagine For The Simple Reason That Information/Knowledge Is Power And Hopefully It Will Give Me The Power/Knowledge To Build A Few Things For Myself For My Own Use. Thanks Again Sharky Fantastic Build.
love the LDMOS !! going to run mine at 60V . will be 1 pill 65V 6meter . love the output filter ! only a few out with internal filters. some on BBI videos and gate keeper . they really clean up the amp. remember LDMOS is very sensitive input to the gate . get to a point and parts fly . be very careful with drive .use distilled water will help with corrosion . in a cold place you can use antifreeze check pump specs . we use something like the yellow or gold antifreeze used in auto , in 50KW broadcast transmitter .that has back up pump also .That is tube output AMC .73's
All WE need (still) is one of these incredibly smart people to want to build these machines for the rest of us. Besides that; wow man, awesome amplifier.
Nice clean build. I doubt most people would actually realize how much time / cost it you have invested in that box. And as a 6 meter fanboy, I really appreciate the work you did to kill the harmonics coming out of your amp. Please make sure when selling the pallet kits that the builders buy the LPF too. Have you done a "SSB Two Tone" test on the amp? It would be interesting see IMD (Intermodulation Distortion) numbers.
Beautiful build! Add one drop, one drop only of regular blue Dawn dish soap to your system. It helps break surface tension and will aid heat transfer a little bit.
Amazing job Sharkey ! I would also like to see about a Kit that you might possibly put together in order to build one of those 4 Device LD Moss setups ?
Great build, MudDuck. With respect to "pallet kits", might I hope you make a 1 LDMOS, all HF ham band , with SSB capability. I will buy one. (Just sayin').....Have a great week.
That thing is as much a piece of art as it is an amp. I should be in a see through case. What would you estimate the top end power if it was a wide band amp? 160m to 6m.
I had to pick up the calc on this video.i was guessing that at that power level harmonic level could still be a watt or more.more like 10 mw. Lol.cant complain about that one.lol.
That’s what Anderson connectors are actually designed for, that’s why there are mounting holes on the connector. Just the fact that most guys use them for DC quick disconnects on amps. 73
Hey does anyone one know how to wire a arbitrary function generator into a radio to get it to mod with out putting the microphone on a 1040 bk precision service master?
wilkinson combiner it looks like on the output...Lumped....from picking from a LC, Hybrid Coupler or A Wilk for 11m i thought the wilk would be best and I think it is so dang sweet to see one on an ldmos amp. IMAZING THAT those chips can handle that....I was thinking I would have to use some door knobs if I tried a wilk combinner. Would love to hear what type they are. and a LC on the input :) Genius....I love how humble you are bud.....Remind me a lot of someone: ) keep on rolling with it buddy I have a feeling you are a pure natural at this. - Gatekeeper
@@SpaceMan575 i would love to hear what you got to do with your dual ldmos I did for you. I never heard anything from ya bud? Haller at me with a text or something if you get a chance.
The motor mouth modulator is basically an asymmetrical unit that is wired to modulate the audio directly into the finals nothing special nothing out of this world and it gets the job done and it bypasses all the microphone circuitry filtering that's original in the radio so that way you have a flat response throughout the audio frequencies in other words now it became a true am radio high level modulation and the depending on your positive peaks depending of what that amplifier shall do
Actually it's very safe to run it like that as long as your negative peaks are no more than 99% what you just did there is just add the asymmetric on the positive side and you probably did about close to 200% on the positive peaks more like 165% on the positive peaks so completely normal completely safe now the question is what is the carrier power out of the radio the Carrier drive is very important on ldmos devices
This IS your Master's Thesis Congratulations. This is a Beautiful piece of art.
Excellent work Sharky. Nice build, neat, clean and extremely efficient. Keep the hobby going.
Will be eagerly waiting for your pallet kit.
BBI is definetly a sharp guy, i absolutely love his Vacuum tube videos, I grew up around Father who was a radar engineer for Lockheed aircraft back in the 50's 60's and 70's who was also an Amatuer extra class and had a first class license back in the mid 20's. Dad's vacuum tube power supplies and linears were second to none, BBI has explained to Me what my Dad didn't or couldn't.
Your a great guy Sharkey, just discovered you a few day ago, ill say you got a nitch for learning and perfecting this fanntastic hobby.
Wow, was great watching you build this...glad BBI mentioned your project a while back and I started watching. Look forward to seeing more!
Absolutely INSANELY Impressive!!!!
Very nice!! Wish I had enough to bribe one out of ya... LOL... But I will be looking for pallets..
Nice build Sharky, and I’m glad you’re gonna provide some pallets to the community, keep up the good work and keep having fun brother. 73
Very awesome build ! And thank you for the content you put out. I truly appreciate and enjoy watching and learning.
Great job! Sharky, you remind me of myself a Neat Freak and I love it, keep up the good work. You did a good job of showing what you did and how it work, I love all of your videos even from the first one. Take it from the Professor "TECH-NINE" you and my friend BBI A.K.A. Luke are the only videos that I still watch on Amp building, I use to be on CZcams but I stop uploading my videos in 2016 due to "Haters", so I say again "KEEP IT UP" and good luck on your next project. Tech-Nine Technologies.
Neither You Sharky, You Tech-Nine or BBi should or need to worry about the ignorant "Haters" out there. Results speak for themselves along side of the education you guys have to offer through commentary. Haters look like the idiots they are and actually drive reasonable people to you guys. Nobody ever sees them producing results for the public in anyway let alone quantity. People who are busy "Doing" aren't on forums or CZcams making 1000s of comments a year. I learned this in my business being available to the public. I dont have time to post about everyone and everything if I was so inclined. And remember, the public is full of stupid people. If nobody is complaining, you're actually doing something wrong!
Much appreciate the many hours you spent learning and teaching. I built amps for a friend for 30 years. Thanks to you and BBI, my addiction has returned. There's an MRF300 breadboard in my future. ENIG plated PCB with adequate stitching, awesome!
I've seen some really clean work in my time. But son your first actual build and tune is just mind blowing! Thanks for amp porn!!!
Good job dude, I do remember your first video. You were on a mission.
Extremely good work!
Let us know when the kits are ready! or if you can point me in the direction for build an LDMOS box for HF
Love The Final Build Sharky, Very Clean Very Professional. Fantastic Job My Friend. I Definitely Have Interest In A Kit/Pallet That You Might Come Up With.
Love The 100% Duty Cycle Factor. I Don't Know Anyone That Builds Like That. Mostly Shootout Boxes That Are Good For 60-90 Seconds Tx And 5 Minutes Rx. Love The Fact That I Could Rag Chew For 10-15 Minutes Every Time I Step On That Loud Pedal 😁
Yes I'm A Long Winded Mo-Fo 😁🤣😆
MD Sharky Thank You for calm demeanor and detailed explanation on your piece of wizardry . Way to go Dude you nailed this one .
1. Do you have a link to buy your single pallet 2k LDMOS kit ?
2.What else you do recommend, that is essential for a absolute novice to assemble your kit ?
I can solder and have a Multi Meter.
Once again Great build !
Is This It For You I have enjoyed this project to see where you came from and what you have achieved in terms of of knowledge of LD moss congratulations brother I am blown away nice job
Amazing. My antenna would be a fast acting fuse connected to this.
Thank You For Sharing The List Of " Helping Hands" So To Speak.
I Do Believe You Have A Gift/Talent When It Comes To Building Electronic Devices.
I Have Saved Most Of Your Video's For Reference And I Imagine For The Simple Reason That Information/Knowledge Is Power And Hopefully It Will Give Me The Power/Knowledge To Build A Few Things For Myself For My Own Use.
Thanks Again Sharky Fantastic Build.
Perfecto! I really love your water cooler :D
Very nice build! Congratulations on the achievement.
Thank you Sharky, you have helped me with your content as well.
Good to hear!
Wow, cant wait to see your 8 device amp running, oh ya it has to come on line. Thanks for the video. Great job sir..
love the LDMOS !! going to run mine at 60V . will be 1 pill 65V 6meter . love the output filter ! only a few out with internal filters. some on BBI videos and gate keeper . they really clean up the amp. remember LDMOS is very sensitive input to the gate . get to a point and parts fly . be very careful with drive .use distilled water will help with corrosion . in a cold place you can use antifreeze check pump specs . we use something like the yellow or gold antifreeze used in auto , in 50KW broadcast transmitter .that has back up pump also .That is tube output AMC .73's
Super nice! Awesome.
GOOD WORK, Thankyou for sharing Mr. Sharky. Thx.
Totally stunning. It’s a credit to you and your attention to detail. Cheers from down under. 👍
really good and clean work! Beautiful to see all this stuf! all the best from Croatia! 9A3RU-Željko
Mighty nice work. I like it.
I figured you were an ex-harp employee, very nice box, very clean.
I laughed
Congratulations. A very clean and cool design!
All WE need (still) is one of these incredibly smart people to want to build these machines for the rest of us. Besides that; wow man, awesome amplifier.
Nice unit, love to see your electricity meter cranking on TX :).
Masterpiece! Best is you thought it all trough to make it modulair. I put my hat off for you Sir!
So those small white strips are the actual LDMOSFETS ? what a labor of love a real work of art sir beautiful.
Hello, Really all my congratulations on this superb achievement. What type of LDMOS are used on these pallets ? Good day to you from F4cxo.
Gotta be MRFX1k80 because of 65Vdc input.
Nice clean build. I doubt most people would actually realize how much time / cost it you have invested in that box. And as a 6 meter fanboy, I really appreciate the work you did to kill the harmonics coming out of your amp. Please make sure when selling the pallet kits that the builders buy the LPF too.
Have you done a "SSB Two Tone" test on the amp? It would be interesting see IMD (Intermodulation Distortion) numbers.
D.I.Y. EXTREME. THANK YOU.
Hey MDS, beautiful build, so impressive. Do you need to drive all four RF decks in phase for the summing to work in the combiner?
If you make the kit... I will take 5 off the bat. Thanks for your knowledge bro !
Beautiful build! Add one drop, one drop only of regular blue Dawn dish soap to your system. It helps break surface tension and will aid heat transfer a little bit.
Now that’s so COOOOOOOL 😳😃
Are you using deionized water or a additive in it???
Distilled with some additives.
Very nice stuff. I am a Ham and this is really impressive! You are not an appliance operator!
soooo beautiful!!!!
Great work, congratulations! Hope to hear it on-air some day.
Thought BBIs stuff was good, but this amp takes it to a whole new level.
Sharky, Thank you for sharing your insight. Don’t forget your other mandate. TV and Broadcast. Lol. Prices less info…Ty
VERY IMPRESSING
Congratulations, very nice construction.
NVM I left a comment too soon... Once you get the pallets going I will buy one for sure....
Cale, Is there much difference between the water temp going into the first and last pallets?
What a clever bloke 👍
Amazing job Sharkey ! I would also like to see about a Kit that you might possibly put together in order to build one of those 4 Device LD Moss setups ?
Thanks for dropping names of who you learned from so others can follow them as well.
Cant wait for you to get a kit out there! I'll buy one!
very nice amp. well done.
super nice! were did you get the rf pallet? thanks
It's a thing of beauty, I wish I could afford one of those.
I would also be in on one of your pallet kits, what are all the bands this will cover? One of the cleanest output boxes I have ever seen good job!
Nice work and a wonderful shout out to all the others.
Oh man pallet kit would awesome!
Nice job Sharky
Sir you are a genius, would love to run your technology one day.
Job well done! Do you have electrical engineering education or is this all self taught?
No formal education. I've studied a lot of the same materials I would have in school though.
I know exactly what you mean... Nice job bro ! 👍
great work very nice!!!
Great build, MudDuck. With respect to "pallet kits", might I hope you make a 1 LDMOS, all HF ham band , with SSB capability. I will buy one. (Just sayin').....Have a great week.
Fantastic job!
Some kind of witch craft
nice harmonic suppression on that.... honestly water cooling an amp is something i am interested in.
That thing is as much a piece of art as it is an amp. I should be in a see through case.
What would you estimate the top end power if it was a wide band amp? 160m to 6m.
Amen to the SimSmith / NanoVNA comment!
Thank you Sharky
Sir what is the peak power of this aparatus? or what do you safely run at?
Curious , Why not coolant when Water evaporates.
I had to pick up the calc on this video.i was guessing that at that power level harmonic level could still be a watt or more.more like 10 mw. Lol.cant complain about that one.lol.
nice !!
That's some clean machine. 🖐🏼 🎙73's kd9oam
Pallet kit yes.
How did you panel mount that Anderson connector?
That’s what Anderson connectors are actually designed for, that’s why there are mounting holes on the connector. Just the fact that most guys use them for DC quick disconnects on amps. 73
I have a question, is it all only on 27 MHz, SQ4FXU
Hey does anyone one know how to wire a arbitrary function generator into a radio to get it to mod with out putting the microphone on a 1040 bk precision service master?
Yes plz
wilkinson combiner it looks like on the output...Lumped....from picking from a LC, Hybrid Coupler or A Wilk for 11m i thought the wilk would be best and I think it is so dang sweet to see one on an ldmos amp. IMAZING THAT those chips can handle that....I was thinking I would have to use some door knobs if I tried a wilk combinner. Would love to hear what type they are. and a LC on the input :) Genius....I love how humble you are bud.....Remind me a lot of someone: ) keep on rolling with it buddy I have a feeling you are a pure natural at this. - Gatekeeper
When do i get my 2pill Single Board LDMOS delivered Gatekeeper?
Hi would love to talk with you bout doing a tune on a 2 device amplifier that I have. Thank you
@@SpaceMan575 i would love to hear what you got to do with your dual ldmos I did for you. I never heard anything from ya bud? Haller at me with a text or something if you get a chance.
How much would it cost to get the blueprints to build that box?
Depends on the reason you're asking.
@@MudDuckSharky I’d like to build one for personal use. Wouldn’t produce.
How i wish To buy a a pallet.
the days of drivers are over with these things.
Isn't this illegal as hell to use on air? - at least in the US?
What did you do to your finger?
Do you make a 2 device pallet
Do you make complete Amps for people?
Back to the bench?
Wizard!
The motor mouth modulator is basically an asymmetrical unit that is wired to modulate the audio directly into the finals nothing special nothing out of this world and it gets the job done and it bypasses all the microphone circuitry filtering that's original in the radio so that way you have a flat response throughout the audio frequencies in other words now it became a true am radio high level modulation and the depending on your positive peaks depending of what that amplifier shall do
Are those for sale?
If you built a true kit the build people will buy them as long as all parts are there and a wire diagram and Schematic
Actually it's very safe to run it like that as long as your negative peaks are no more than 99% what you just did there is just add the asymmetric on the positive side and you probably did about close to 200% on the positive peaks more like 165% on the positive peaks so completely normal completely safe now the question is what is the carrier power out of the radio the Carrier drive is very important on ldmos devices
I understand the exercise and it appears to be well executed but I don’t understand the need for such power. Isn’t it a bit over the legal limit?
I guess you never heard of CB channel 6.
Sharkly