P&H LA-400, LA-400B, LA-400C

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Image: CQ, Jul 1956: LA-400
Image: CQ, Jul 1956

LA-400

Name/Title

P&H LA-400, LA-400B, LA-400C

Description

HF Linear Amplifer

Category

Amplifier, HF, Kit

Made/Created

Manufacturer

P&H Electronics

Date made

1956 - 1965

Valuations

Value

$169.95

General Notes

Note

QST, Feb 1956, p. 142. CQ, Dec 1956, p. 111. (400-B) QST, Jan 1958, p. 155. Improvements in the 400-B include simplified operation, improved TVI suppression, and a new metering circuit to read RF voltage input and RF amperes output. The LA-400-C was a kit version of P&H’s factory-wired LA-400-B linear amplifier.It used four modified 1625 tubes in a Class B, grounded-grid circuit. PEP input was 400 watts. A later version was rated at 800 watts PEP. The amplifier covered 80–10 meters. Allied Radio catalog 1959 (issued 1958), p. 379. (400B) QST, Oct 1958, p. 118. (400C, kit-form version of 400B) CQ, Jul 1960, p. 123. CQ, Nov 1960, p. 172. (New modern styling? Now 800 watts PEP) -- is that actually more than before? Or just PEP instead of DC?. QST, Jun 1960, p. 155. (same info as above) QST, Mar 1962, p. 147. QST, Oct 1965, p. 169. (kit form)