On a sunny day (Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:53:36 -0700) it happened Frank Gilliland
wrote in
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knowing that your market is limited in both scope and time. Feel free
to waste your time on a product that will soon be without a market.
The only thing you have going for you is the price.... but then again,
have you done any market research lately? Do you know what people will
pay for a decent amp? Probably not. But I have.

So now that the cat's out of the bag, how hard are you going to fight
this? Or would you rather buy into it and make a ****load of money?
Feel free to email me with your answer.

There is a problem here with 'profit'.
I just had a look at where I bought some other stuff, what amplifiers
here go for:
100W MOSFET 42 Euro and 86 cent ( 54 $ and 44 cent).
500W 242 Euro and 93 cent (308 $ and 58 cent).
1000W 660 Euro and 15 cent (838 $ and 55 cent).

Will indeed be hard to make any $$$$ on 100W amps.
Not so different in the US I think, 1700W 650$:
http://www.amateurlinearamplifiers.c...ce=hotproducts

500W 329$
http://www.amateurlinearamplifiers.c...ce=hotproducts


I cannot make 100W for 54$, and I cannot make 1700W for 650$......
You have to count the hours too.

Telstar has been at it now for years.....
At 4$ profit per amplifier you'd have to sell zillions.
:-)

OTOH as a learning exercise making them was great.
Just that I stopped when they were at in the street with the radio car to
arrest me, spotted them just in time.... OK maybe I had some harmonics...
and one licensed amateur was upset.... when he did see me with those big
toobes.
'If I hear you I will turn you in'.
He was later overrun by a car IIRC.
It somehow strengthened my faith in God.
But that is all of the past, and not on 27MHz.

Honestly.
Damn are we honest today.