Jim,
I have a Crescend PA on my 440 machine. When I did have a problem, they were quick to repair it under warranty. Mark - N9WYS From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of James Adkins TPL I will never consider. We used their 300-W amps for low-band at work, they'd oscillate unless we put in a second TR Relay with a 50-ohm dummy load, then they'd burn up. Not to mention, the 100-w ones we had were very dirty if we ran them above 35w or so. One brand I considered was Crescend for UHF, they are rock solid. But, they don't make a 220 amp. Will check into Volcom, never heard of them. On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Maire-Radios <maire-rad...@verizon.net> wrote: we have used TE, Henry, Volcom and TPL. Volcom and TPL have great service TE got a 150 watt and UHF and no matter what we do to it only puts out 120 watts came with paper work that show tested at 134 watts on a 150 watt amp. Had no luck to get this corrected. Will never but a TE amp ever if it was at very low cost. go with a good brand spend a bit more but it works and works Volcom 1ST TPL 2nd John ----- Original Message ----- From: James Adkins <mailto:adkins.ja...@gmail.com> Okay all, looking for opinions. Our club is going to purchase a 220 amplifier and a 440 amplifier for our repeaters. For 220, we're looking at either the TE Systems 2210RAN or the Henry C100B10R For UHF, it's either the TE Systems 4412RA or the Henry C100D30R. We have a Henry C300C30R in use for about 3-1/2 years now (running it at 250w output) on our 6-meter repeater and had to send it in about 13 months into its life to have the finals replaced. No problems since, though. I was pleased with Henry's response to the problem. Even though it was out of warranty, they fixed it under warranty. Though the TE systems amplifiers have more output (150w vs 100w), I have concerns about their reliability. The local D* repeater has had a lot of problems with their VHF amplifier, and it's not very clean (of course, that could be the fault of the D* repeater transmitter, too!). What are your opinions, TE Systems vs Henry? -- James Adkins, KB0NHX Vice-President -- Nixa Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (KC0LUN) www.nixahams.net Southern Missouri Assistant Frequency Coordinator - Missouri Repeater Council www.missourirepeater.org The Nixa Amateur Radio Club - "There is no charge for awesomeness!" (Well, only $1.00 per month)
