Peter Markavage wrote:
That reminds me Bob; somewhere around here I have one Polycomm's business band amplifiers still wrapped in plastic that came out of a walk-in dumpster when they were junking a bunch of stuff from a closed NJ location.
I didn't know Polycom made one, Pete but it sounds liek a neat mate for your HA-410. This Johnson came from a local guy who ran an aerial spraying business, using the old AM business band located just above 10 meters. He gave me several of the solid state mobiles too, just wanted it gone. Turns out he was trying to copy some information in-flight and the skip was in and he ended up spraying the wrong field. Ripped it out and went FM. I don't know how widely this AM business band was used, but you do see amps from various CB makers like Sonar on eBay and at hamfests. What I thought was cool about the Johnson PA/85 is the high level modulator vs. a linear amp.
73, Bob W9RAN
