Vinnie S. wrote:
On 02 Jan 2006 18:31:11 GMT, Steveo wrote:

HF, I seen you inquiring about one in the equipment group a few weeks
ago.

That ancient Galaxy? That was actually for a ham friend. I was acting
like it was for me, because I would have purchased it for him. He
didn't have internet access or ebay account, or something like that.
He ended up getting Ameritron AL-80A. Seems this is a good amp. But I
know little about HF ham amps. So I inquired about it.

Vinnie S.

Gotcha, know anything about the DENTRON GLA-1000B? There's one here for
$285 plus shipping.

http://swap.qth.com/contact.php?counter=506844

Don't know anything about it. The reason I had inquired about that
Galaxy, was because the solid state amps were in the neighborhood of $1,
000-3,000. So when I inquired about the Galaxy, it was about $200. It
took off from there. Luckily, many hams came posted to stay away from
that amp. They said there were cheaper alternatives that were better.

I think that Ameriton was a single tube radio. Highly recommended by
hams.

As far as the Dentron, I use this site on eham:

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1609

There are Hams indivdual reviews, and I find very useful.

Vinnie S.

Yea that's a good review sight I've read up on a few things on there over
the years. I'm not in the market, still have the 30 L1 that I hardly use
much anymore. I also have a kenrich 515 that I think is a similar
configuration to that galaxy you were speaking of. It's been mothballed for
years along with the browning mark IV, it has the veneer on it to resemble
the browning.