On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:28:35 +0000, Ralph Mowery wrote:

I don't think I would get the JR version of a triband. Not sure about
how much power they will take but not enough for many of the amplifiers.

If I recall correctly the TA33Jr is something like 300 watts. That's
plenty for me... so far there hasn't been anyone I needed to talk to that
I couldn't reach with 200 watts out of the Kenwood or 100 watts out of the
IC-706 or IC-735. In fact a lot of what I do is using 5 watts out of the
FT-817 and it seems I can make the contact as often as not.

Every once in a while I think about getting an amplifier and then I go and
lie down until the thought goes away. :-)

Wasn't always that way... back in the day (late 70's / early 80's) I had
an NCX-5 and an NCL-2000 feeding a TA-33 (full power model). That was
back when we were actually called upon to run phone patches just about
every day on Intercon and MMSN. Then one day I forgot to dial the NCL-2000
back to "tune" mode before tuning up and ended up feeding about 3
kilowatts into the antenna. It didn't like that very much. :-(

Here is a link to my setup.

http://home.earthlink.net/~ku4pt/ima...%20on%20tower/

Nice setup. I think that I probably won't do anything nearly that
comprehensive. So far I haven't had much interest in VHF SSB, and the two
inverted vees and two NVIS dipoles I have work fine on 160 through 40, so
something basic for 20 through 10 and I'll be fine... even that is kind of
a low priority until those bands improve.