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SAMLEX 1223 13.8 VOLT DC POWER
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I HAD REQUESTED SAMPLES FROM THE SAMLEX COMPANY FOR EVALUATION UNITS AS OF EARLY 2001 AS I WANTED TO DO REVIEW FOR YOU ON HOW IT PERFORMED UNDER HEAVY USE ON HF RIGS AT 22 AMPS. THIS IS WHAT MOST OF THE INQUIRES HAVE BEEN ON THE PRODUCT MODEL 1223. I HAVE ALSO HAD MANY REPEATER OPERATORS ASK WHAT MY RESULTS WERE UNDER AMPLIFIER USE ON REPEATERS RUNNING 3 TO 5 HOUR OR MORE UNDER A CONSTANT 20 TO 22 AMP DRAW. THE FACTORY DECLINED TO FURNISH ME ANY THING MORE THAN THE PICTURE BELOW. AS I FIND USERS OF THE PRODUCT I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED. 3/2001 |
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I HAVE SEEN THIS MODEL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ADVERTISED BY OVER 50 COMPANIES, AND UNTIL JANUARY 2002. I NEVER KNEW ANY ONE THAT HAD PURCHASED AND USED ONE. IN JANUARY, I RECOMMENDED TO GAYLAND, KCØIPO TO PURCHASED ONE FOR USE WITH HIS KENWOOD 2 METER RIG. I WAS AT HIS HAM SHACK THE DAY IT ARRIVED. WE HOOKED UP THE RADIO. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES IT HAD A SLIGHT HUM THAT COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE 1223. HUM WAS NOT ON THE TRANSMIT SIGNAL. AFTER A FEW DAYS HE TOLD ME THE HUM WAS STILL PRESENT. HE USUALLY WOULD HAVE IT ON FOR 30 MINUTES OR LESS. I SUGGESTED THAT HE LEAVE IT ON OVER NIGHT AND GIVE IT A CHANCE TO BURN IN, SIMILAR TO WHAT SOME OF THE CUSTOM COMPUTER BUILDERS DO. THE NEXT DAY, NO HUM. 1/2002 |
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SAMLEX POWER SUPPLY MODEL
1223 WITH KCØIPO'S AMATEUR RADIO MOUNTED ON TOP OF IT. YOU WILL LIKE THE 1223 SIZE. PHOTO BY JIM BAUDO, HP CAMERA |
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| AFTER 6 OR 7 WEEKS OF WITH NO MORE HUM AND GARLANDS COMMENTS THAT HE REALLY LIKED THE SIZE OF THE 1223 AND THAT IT RAN SO COOL, AND THAT EVERYONE HAD GIVEN HIM GOOD REPORTS THAT HE HAD A GOOD CLEAN TRANSMIT SIGNAL, I FIGURED THE INITIAL HUM ON HIS UNIT WAS JUST A 1 IN A THOUSAND CASE. 2/1/2002 | ||||||||
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| I WAS IN CHARGE OF GETTING A DEALER TO EXHIBIT AT THE MARCH 3, 2002 HAMFEAST. I SUGGESTED TO THE DEALER TO BRING 5 OR 6 SAMLEX 1223 TO THE EVENT AND THEY WOULD PROBABLY SELL THEM. I HAVE HAMS CALLING ME CONSTANTLY ASKING, WHAT POWER SUPPLY SHOULD THEY BUY FOR THEIR NEW RADIO THEY WERE GOING TO ORDER AFTER READING ONE OF MY REVIEWS. THEY CALL OR E-MAIL ME AND ASK WHY I NEVER RECOMMEND A POWER SUPPLY FOR EACH RADIO I REVIEWED. " I USUALLY RECOMMEND A SUPPLY THAT WILL HAVE RESERVE CAPACITY SO AS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANY ACCESSORIES THEY MAY BUY." | ||||||||
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| A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE HAMFEAST, CECIL, WØRMB INQUIRED ABOUT WHAT RADIO AND POWER SUPPLY HE SHOULD BUY SINCE HE LIVED ONE BLOCK FROM A 12 STORY BUILDING WITH THE ROOF TOP COVERED WITH BUSINESS BAND AND PAGER TRANSMITTING ANTENNAS, THAT CAUSED SO MUCH INTERMOD THAT HIS CURRENT 2 METER RADIO WAS ONLY USABLE WITH THE CLOSE IN STATIONS WITH A STRONG SIGNAL. HE WANTED TO UP GRADE TO A DUAL BAND RADIO WITH 2 M / 440. I TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD NEED MORE THAN JUST A NEW RADIO AND NEW POWER SUPPLY. THE NUMBER ONE MOST CRITICAL ADDITIONAL STATION ACCESSORY HE NEEDED WAS A DCI INTERMOD FILTER AND THAT THE DCI FACTORY THAT HAD BEEN MAKING SINGLE BAND FILTERS FOR YEARS HAD JUST FINISHED MAKING A NEW DUAL BAND MODEL TO MY SPECIFICATIONS THAT WOULD DO 2M / 440 WITH JUST ONE FILTER, AND USE JUST ONE DUAL BAND ANTENNA. I RECOMMENDED THE HE PURCHASE A NEW YAESU FT 7100 RADIO AND A SAMLEX 1223 POWER SUPPLY AND THE DCI DUAL BAND FILTER AND THAT ALL THE ITEMS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE DEALER AT THE UP COMING HAMFEAST. | ||||||||
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| CECIL ATTENDED THE SHOW AND WENT HOME WITH A
NEW COMPLETE STATION. ABOUT 3 DAYS AFTER MY PHONE RANG AND IT
WAS CECIL SAYING THAT THE POWER SUPPLY WORKED ONLY 2 DAYS AND DIED.
I TOLD CECIL I WOULD CALL THE FACTORY AND REQUEST A NEW ADVANCE
REPLACEMENT UNIT BE SENT TO HIM IMMEDIATELY SO THAT HE WOULD NOT BE
WITHOUT THE ENJOYMENT OF THE USE HIS NEW RADIO.
I SPOKE TO THE FACTORY AND THEY ADVISED THEY WOULD NOT SENT OUT A ADVANCE REPLACEMENT WITH OUT FIRST HAVING THE UNIT RETURNED TO THEM. IT TOOK 12 OR 13 DAYS FOR THE REPLACEMENT, A NEW UNIT WAS RETURNED TO HIM. |
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| CECIL SURE LIKED THE YAESU RADIO, BY MID SUMMER HE HAD 3 MOBILE YAESU DUAL BANDERS AND "CECIL SAYS THAT EVERY BIG CITY DWELLER NEEDS A DCI FILTER ON EVERY RADIO THEY OWN SO AS TO GET THE FULL ENJOYMENT OUT OF THEIR EQUIPMENT." | ||||||||
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| I WILL ADD MORE TO THIS REVIEW ON THE SAMLEX 1223 WHEN I FIND SOME ONE WHO HAS BEEN USING ONE. I WILL ALSO CHECK BACK WITH CECIL. | ||||||||
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| CECIL, HEARD OVER THE AIR FROM OTHER HAMS THAT HAD READ MY YAESU REVIEW OF THE VX-1R, AND HAD PURCHASED AND WERE USING THEM THAT HE HAD TO GET ONE OF THEM ALSO. HE CALLED ME 9/06/2002 AS HE HAD A PROGRAMMING QUESTION THAT HE ASKED ME ABOUT ON THE VX-R1. I IN TURN ASKED HIM TO GIVE ME A UPDATE ON HOW HE LIKE THE SAMLEX 1223. HIS RESPONSE WAS I HAVE ANOTHER POWER SUPPLY I AM USING AND I RECEIVED THE SAMLEX REPLACEMENT AND HE NEVER PLUGGED IT IN AND IT IS FOR SALE. I WILL KEEP SEARCHING FOR SOME OTHER USERS OF THE SAMLEX 1223 AND PASS THEIR OPINIONS AS USERS ON TO YOU THEN. 9/06/02 | ||||||||
| 12/29/2002 I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT KC0IPO UPGRADED TO GENERAL AND BOUGHT A NEW KENWOOD TS 570 SG THAT I RECOMMENDED TO HIM. HE IS NOW USING THE SAMLEX 1223 TO POWER IT AND STILL NO MORE HUM AFTER A YEAR OF SERVICE FROM THE SAMLEX 1223. | ||||||||
| 2/17/2003 I HAD 1 EMAIL YESTERDAY AND 3 EMAILS TODAY ASKING IF WAS EVER GOING TO DO A REVIEW ON THE SAMLEX 1223. I NEW THAT SOMEONE MUST HAVE THEM ADVERTISED ON SALE OR I WOULD NOT GET 3 INQUIRY'S IN ONE DAY. I USUALLY ONLY GET 3 OR 4 EMAILS A MONTH ASKING ABOUT THE SAMLEX POWER SUPPLIES. | ||||||||
| I CALLED CECIL. HE REPORTED HE NEVER USED IT YET. I ASKED IF HE KNEW OF ANYONE USING ONE AND HE SAID HE DID NOT. FOR NOW THE ONLY USER COMMENTS ARE FROM KC0IPO, AS YOU HAVE READ ABOVE. | ||||||||
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| 2/17/2003 11:30 AM LUNCH BREAK AND EVERY BODY IS ON SIMPLEX OR WORKING THE ALTERNET 440 REPEATER. CLUB MEMBERS ARE CALLING ASKING ME WHAT MODEL OF POWER SUPPLY I WOULD RECOMMEND TO BUY FOR THE CLUB REPEATER REPLACEMENT. I PROMISED TO GET BACK WITH THEM BY MID AFTERNOON WITH A ANSWER. JIM, N0UQZ | ||||||||
| 2/17/2003 4:50
PM I AM A LITTLE LATER THAN I PLANED. WHEN I CALLED THE DIFFERENT
RADIO DEALERS I GOT DIFFERENT ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. I HAD SEARCHED
THE INTERNET SOURCES FOR INFORMATION AND FOUND THE SAMLEX 123 R2, I
LIKED THE PRICE AND I LIKED THE 50 AMP INTERMITTENT AND THE 46 AMP CONTINUOUS
DUTY CYCLE THE UNIT OFFERED. I HAD EXPLAINED TO THE DEALERS THAT WE HAD
A 32 TO 34 AMP LOAD. I WAS ADVISED BY MOST OF THEM THAT THE UNIT HAD A
44 TO 46 AMP CONTINUOUS DUTY CYCLE, HRO ADVISED ME THE CONTINUOUS DUTY
CYCLE WAS 40 AMPS. ( I HAD CALLED THE EAST COAST
STORE, AS MY FAVORITE STORE OUT WEST WAS NOT OPEN YET ) OVER THE
YEARS I HAVE COME TO RESPECT THE ANSWERS AND SUGGESTIONS A SALES PERSON
AT HRO, ANAHEIM, CA. JANET MARGELLI KL7MF. 3 YEARS AGO I
CALLED AND ORDERED A NEW HT THAT IN MY MIND WAS THE ANSWER TO ALL MY
NEEDS AND LOTS OF BELLS AND WHISTLE TO SPARE. JANET'S RESPONSE WAS IN THE
L. A. AREA THE RADIO WILL NOT WORK. WHAT DO
YOU MEAN IT WILL NOT WORK? JANET WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT THE UNIT
SUFFERED FROM FRONT END OVERLOAD
IN THE LARGER CITIES AND I PROBABLY WOULD FIND IT UNUSABLE IN OMAHA, NE.
I TOOK HER ADVISE AND WAS I GLAD I LISTENED TO HER. IN THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS I TALKED TO HAMS THAT HAD PURCHASED THE WRONG RADIO FOR OUR BIG
CITY USE. I HELP THEM SELL THEIR RADIOS TO HAMS LIVING IN THE RURAL
CITIES AND THEY HAD NO PROBLEMS. WHEN I GET INQUIRES ON WHAT RADIO IS RIGHT FOR ME, MY EMAIL RESPONSE TO THEM IS TO CONTACT JANET AT HRO AND SHE WILL HELP THEM MAKE A CORRECT CHOICE BASED ON THEIR NEEDS. JANET WAS HERE TODAY QUESTIONING MY WANT TO ORDER THE SAMLEX 1223 R2. I HAD ASKED IF SHE KNEW OF ANY ONE USING THE UNIT ON A REPEATER. SHE SAID SHE DID NOT AND SHE ASKED WHAT THE AMP DEMAND WAS AND I RESPONDED WITH 32 TO 34 AMPS. SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT SURE IF IT WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A COMBINED UP TO 40 AMPS CONTINUOUS DUTY CYCLE, OR 20 AMPS MAX FROM EACH OF THE 1223 POWER SUPPLIES. THE COMBINE 32 AMP LOAD MIGHT OVER LOAD THE 2 UNITS BY CREATING TO MUCH DEMAND ON ONE OF THE UNITS. SHE ADVISED A CALL TO THE SAMLEX FACTORY WAS PROBABLY NEEDED. I THANKED HER AGAIN FOR HER GOOD ADVISE, AND CALLED THE FACTORY. |
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| IN MY DATABASE I FOUND THE PHONE NUMBER AND I HAD NOTED TALKING TO HOWARD VJIJAY IN THE TECH DEPARTMENT BEFORE. HE TOOK THE CALL, HE REMEMBERED ME AND EXPLAINED THAT THE 123 R2 WAS A RACK MOUNT UNIT WITH 2 1223 IN IT AND DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH A MAXIMUM OF 23 AMPS CONTINUOUS DUTY CYCLE, FOR EACH UNIT, NO TO BE COMBINED FOR MORE AMP LOAD. HE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPEATER SYSTEM AND HIS SUGGESTION WAS TO PUT THE 22 AMP AMPLIFIER ON 1 OF THE 1223'S AND THE REST OF THE REPEATER, THE RECEIVER RADIO, AND TRANSMITTER RADIO AND RELATED ACCESSORIES ON THE OTHER 1223. HE VERIFIED THAT THE CONTINUOUS DUTY CYCLE OF EACH OF THE 1223'S WAS 23 AMPS AND THE HRO INFORMATION ON THE PRODUCT WAS A TYPO IN THE HRO COMPUTER SHOWING ONLY 20 AMPS. | ||||||||
| I NOTICED THAT UNIVERSAL RADIO SPEC SHOWED 23 AMPS CONTINUOUS OR 24 MPS SURGE. I WILL E-MAIL FRED AT UNIVERSAL RADIO SO HE CAN MAKE THE CORRECTION TO 25 AMPS SURGE. | ||||||||
| I WILL RECOMMEND TO THE CLUB, TO USE THE FACTORY SUGGESTION ON THE USE OF THE 2 SAMLEX 1223'S | ||||||||
| IF YOU ARE A REPEATER OWNER OR A CLUB OR A USER SEND ME A PHOTO OF THE SAMLEX SEC 1223 IN USE AND YOUR COMMENTS. 73 JIM, N0UQZ | ||||||||
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| UPDATE 5/1/2004 WE HAVE BEEN USING 2 SALES 1223 POWER SIPPLIES FOR THE WIRES II REPEATER NOW FOR OVER 2 YEARS NOW AND THEY HAVE WORKED OUT GREAT, GOOD CLEAR TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE, VERY WELL FILTERED. GIVE THEM A TRY. YOU WILL LIKE THEM. NØUQZ. Jim Baudo | ||||||||
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| MOST ALL PHOTOS WITH HP CAMERA, BY JIM BAUDO. EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS, OR YOUR REVIEW TO JIMBAUDO@YAHOO.COM HAM RADIO CALL N0UQZ | ||||||||
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