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On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:25:17 -0400, "clfe"
wrote:

Yes it can
be a bit of a pain to design a multi band or even single band
transmitter/receiver or transceiver - while they may not equal an off the
shelf unit such as a Icom 706 or whatever, it does add to the fun of
"Creating" and "Using" it.

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Right you are, but there is one area where homebuilders can still
equal or even outperform commercial manufacturers: High power
amplifiers.

Amplifiers these days are so expensive to buy and yet so simple to
build that a lot of hams enjoying rolling their own. Anyone interested
should join the Amps reflector at contesting.com or the RFAmplifiers
group at yahoo.com, or both.

Don't expect to throw one together in a weekend, but do spend some
time learning the ins and outs of amp design and go for it.

Fun, fun, fun!

Bill, W6WRT