ARR Gasfet preamps for 2m are every bit as good as the SSB Electronics ones. The issue is power handling. The SSB units handle high power, the limit for a switching preamp on ARR's (that were still available) was 25 watts. I believe they stopped making the 160w jobs.
I think you can still get the ARR 25w RF switching preamps. I looked last month and they were still available, but perhaps they have thrown in the towel.
73, N0AN Hasan
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:38 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
SSB Electronics has mast mount preamps that some people prefer over ARR, that I assume are comparable. But my googling produced a website that has an error loading.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 4:05 PM Steve A onmontauk@gmail.com wrote:
Now that Advanced Receiver Research has stopped production, is there a
suitable replacement? I am looking for my ground station.
Steve W2AKK
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 3:56 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Here is a little update on my satellite ground station build project and a demonstration of a test I did with my Advanced Receiver Research 2 meter preamplifier.
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