MeatSack wrote:
Anybody have a good recommendation for a mobile amp that only needs about
4 to 5 watts of drive? I'm thinking about something in the 500 watt range.
Anything bigger wouldn't work for me, electrical system in the pickup
won't handle it and I don't want to screw around up sizing the alternator.
I also don't want some **** class-c amp either, there seems to be plenty
of them around. Is anybody using the new rf power mosfets in'em?

MeatSack...---...
Skywarn-NTS

Is that 500 watts PEP or 500 watts carrier (2000 watts PEP for AM)?

500 watts PEP can be done with a Texas Star DX-500. (4x2879's).
2000 watts PEP will require 100's of amps of current @ 12 volts.

MOSFETS work good at 28 volts. Until the new type car electrical systems
are installed in the vehicles, stick with bipolar transistors.