Man your work is so far above what the world has ever saw before. Your craftsmanship is phenomenal. I enjoy your videos so much. I'm able to take in and learn from the words you speak. You truelly are a gifted builder. Your one of the great ones. Your name will be coming from 11 meter world for a long to come. Just saying if I guy like you that has the ability to teach others your skill, I'd be glad to pay for those skills. Be a life investment for anyone. Just saying dude I like what you do and love watching and learning from you. If you every want an apprentice I'd gladly back up and be Idaho bound. Thanks dude.. Keep on keeping on!
Beautiful work, a real craftsman. You should be proud. I hope you read this, for I have wanted to mention something to you for a long time. During my working career, I owned and operated a Communications Motorola Shop. We worked for P.D., Sheriff, Fire Dept., Marine, also Amateur Radio, CB, etc. Being a Ham Radio Operator for 71 years now, I never really liked working on CB (and I think you know why, everything they did, was illegal), but being a business man, I knew that CB brought in more money that Amateur ever could. That being said, I guess that is what makes me appreciate your work. Whatever your feelings, or likes and dislikes, putting out the best and most professional work is an art, and you, are truly an artist.
Thank you sir. I bet if you and I sat down and had a conversation I'd probably learned 10 things from you that I would have never known before. I thank you for following along and Having the courage to comment
Nice!!! Here I thought my home built 750 Amp 24V battery charger power supply was big but Damn! I would of done a few things differently, but It shows personality and how your brain works. It is a great design, and great utility. I really like the double bank so that it doesn't have to run balls out all the time. The superfan option is a nice touch. Great job Sir.
Hello Fellow Amphaulics, Friends, & Supporters of the World's Famous BBI AMPS: Thank you Luke for this end of the year ( part 1 ) video. I appreciate & understand your passion for your terrific work, knowledge, & experience for the radio hobby. When I first saw this piece of decadence I said to myself YOU MUST BE KIDDING !!!! IMHO there isn't 1 positive thing with this amp. Luke I understand you are talented but this POS isn't worth all the time & energy just to get it running. I would take out the transistors & scrap the rest. I'm surprised this thing didn't go up in flames. God Bless & my best to the family + HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE. TMP, Unit 22 from N.J.
man I love going back in time when I was a teen going to a break here and there. Keep these things running luke! I'm building the epd transformer supply you did a while back...anything bigger than 1000 is wild to me.
I'm amazed that someone's vehicle didn't burn to the ground with this death trap amp. Luke, you have some serious work ahead of you to get this thing running right.
Damn dude, thank you for making this content, you are a true value to the rf community, I come from a different side of radio and enjoy the core elements of electronics, a major part missing from the appliance operator community. Cheers -Ziggy
I work in the electrical trade and looking at this stuff is like trying to read Korean I’m not even comfortable trying to put some larger gauge wire in my 4 pill.
Oh my Lord BBI, lol You saw what I did to the screwdriver, and you say you’re gonna put that under the bench between your legs 🤪. You better be wearing one of those lead vest that they use at the doctors office for x-rays, and build you a lead mechanics helmet to protect your brain when you fire that bad boy up…. All fun aside, great job man you’re a bad ass I’m sure enjoying all your videos. Keep up the good work, merry Christmas and happy New Year’s to you And your family, 73s
I love watching your videos and they are quite informative and helpful to me. I have built a couple of amps to run on my station. Again thank you and I need a link to subscribe and join. Thank you and I will continue to watch your videos and learn from you.
For those who dont know a "pill" in slang for transistor, namely the output transistors of a radio or external RF TX power amplifier unit. The term also includes MOSFETS used today and other similar devices used in solid state amplifiers. Tubes were referred to as "vacuum bulbs" or just plain ole "bulbs". IC's we called "slabs" now called "Chinesium Bricks"
Mr.BBI I have been watching your videos for a long time this Amp will take a long time to bring back to your standards good luck with it,I don't know if you are doing many builds again but what would be my chances of getting a 4 pill with sideband built by you I don't know if you will look at this post but thanks in advance if you do thanks again.
Looks like you will have to start from scratch with a complete overhaul. I've watched you now for about 7 years and I wouldn't have a second thought of you rebuilding this thing.
I know this is an old video and from reading the comments most of these people were in diapers when Muscle Man was figuring this stuff out back in the 90s. I've had the privilege to be with Muscle Man as he won every shootout that he entered his 96 and 128 pill builds in. If it wasn't for pioneers like Muscle Man you all would still be running barefoot. I'm not saying that's a Muscle Man box but I guarantee it has won thousands and thousands at shootouts. Black tape is your friend when you only have 5 minutes to get your mobile to the line. Don't judge this box. It's the great grandfather to the box's you run today.
I would build two concrete bunkers one for that unit with 500 feet the 2nd bunker where I would key that monster in case of an explosion. In other words I would have to be at least 500' from it when I keyed up on that unit while wearing a helmet and fire suit with goggles. Wow.
Looking on ebay they got higher and can't find the guy you recommending. Help me out and let me know where I can by them reasonable. Thanks again for your knowledge.
Someone explain to me the deal with the big power and these competitions. I was into CBs in the 80s. Couple fellows around here had some crazy power base stations but what are they doing at these big mobile competitions? Does this have anything to do with talking far or is it where they are just measuring how many watts a person can get out? How does one win?
At this point in the video my brain is about to short out so I'm going to take a shower to cool my brain. This is too much for my pea brain at one time.
Hey Luke, I’ve got a question for you. I built a 16 pill box about 10 years ago with 2879 red dots. I haven’t dug into it to find out how many I think I popped but if memory serves me it was only 1-2 of them. What should I source as a replacement and should I do 8? depending on what is available? New question I’ve recently seen these 50-54 volt pallet kits around with LDMOS are these for mobile use and if so how are the charging systems setup? Thanks for any help. Slingshot, Stockton.
It is not done because it a bad idea. It is not cost effective. Trying to build a daily driver that can power one is again not practical or cost effective. In this day and age many alternative technologies would be better for mobile use than 96 big bipolars! On top of that some one stole all the valuable Toshiba's out of the box and put in a bunch og HG's! Someone made a fortune gutting that for it's Toshiba's! Some of them look like all of the legs are not soldered down all the way. Some of that looks to plumbers solder on top of that. Those coax runs are absolutely buba work at best. You are definetly going to earn every dollar you charge the owner and many times more! That looks like it is going to be one really tough job you got there Luke! Even before I finish this I am only a bit over 9 minutes in I know you will fix it no problem that is just who you are. Have the Vape handy, turn the phone off, put on some good music! I would want to have some adult beverages handy for a job like that to keep me from getting too frustrated!
looks like BBI bult a 2000 amp + supply for his birthday . 200 amp is biggest I made. I went digital on my AC . AC V /AC A / AC HZ yes I monitor all my line input. MY DC meters are analog. I bult for me. I have a December birthday as well. I built a DX commander antenna for my gift my girl got me. 73's
@@BoxBuilderIdaho That today 17Th. I will tune my portable antenna when weather breaks. in NY . I cut a wile for 11 meters CB as well. I work all bands ! 73's
That was built so shockingly bad its amazing no a miracle that it works or did work , its hideous and judging by the soldering and the wire work , im finding it also amazing the designer had the skills to build it wow frankenAMP indeed have fun all i see there is raw materials gut clean test beta match rebuild wow
Man your work is so far above what the world has ever saw before. Your craftsmanship is phenomenal. I enjoy your videos so much. I'm able to take in and learn from the words you speak. You truelly are a gifted builder. Your one of the great ones. Your name will be coming from 11 meter world for a long to come. Just saying if I guy like you that has the ability to teach others your skill, I'd be glad to pay for those skills. Be a life investment for anyone. Just saying dude I like what you do and love watching and learning from you. If you every want an apprentice I'd gladly back up and be Idaho bound. Thanks dude.. Keep on keeping on!
The 96 pill looks like a complete nightmare ready to set a blaze anything with the flames from hell‼️ 73👋🏻
Beautiful work, a real craftsman. You should be proud. I hope you read this, for I have wanted to mention something to you for a long time. During my working career, I owned and operated a Communications Motorola Shop. We worked for P.D., Sheriff, Fire Dept., Marine, also Amateur Radio, CB, etc. Being a Ham Radio Operator for 71 years now, I never really liked working on CB (and I think you know why, everything they did, was illegal), but being a business man, I knew that CB brought in more money that Amateur ever could. That being said, I guess that is what makes me appreciate your work. Whatever your feelings, or likes and dislikes, putting out the best and most professional work is an art, and you, are truly an artist.
Thank you sir. I bet if you and I sat down and had a conversation I'd probably learned 10 things from you that I would have never known before. I thank you for following along and Having the courage to comment
Nice!!! Here I thought my home built 750 Amp 24V battery charger power supply was big but Damn! I would of done a few things differently, but It shows personality and how your brain works. It is a great design, and great utility. I really like the double bank so that it doesn't have to run balls out all the time. The superfan option is a nice touch. Great job Sir.
Hello Fellow Amphaulics, Friends, & Supporters of the World's Famous BBI AMPS: Thank you Luke for this end of the year ( part 1 ) video. I appreciate & understand your passion for your terrific work, knowledge, & experience for the radio hobby. When I first saw this piece of decadence I said to myself YOU MUST BE KIDDING !!!! IMHO there isn't 1 positive thing with this amp. Luke I understand you are talented but this POS isn't worth all the time & energy just to get it running. I would take out the transistors & scrap the rest. I'm surprised this thing didn't go up in flames. God Bless & my best to the family + HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE. TMP, Unit 22 from N.J.
boat anchor isn't close to describing that technological terror I've witnessed ...Luke don't have nightmares on this one
Buscando o conhecimento foco na missão bazuka Foz do Iguaçu PR Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷
Holy Angry Pixies Batman! A big ol honkin amp and a Death Star power supply😳😁... Merry Christmas to you and yours Brother Luke.
man I love going back in time when I was a teen going to a break here and there. Keep these things running luke! I'm building the epd transformer supply you did a while back...anything bigger than 1000 is wild to me.
Mr.BBI, one word comes to mind watching this video. PHENOMENAL!
Keep doing what you're doing because you do it so well.
73's
Amazing work.
O how i would love to be your zip tie supplier !! I bet an amazon plane lands at your house every week , with nothing but zip ties !!!😅
I'm amazed that someone's vehicle didn't burn to the ground with this death trap amp. Luke, you have some serious work ahead of you to get this thing running right.
WE ARE STILL YOUR MASTERS BBI IT JUST THAT WE DO IT FROM BEHIND THE CURTAINS. 🤣🤣 SO AS NOT TO UPSET YOU .
BBI Noctua 140mm fans are the way to go for quiet cooling. New egg has the spec before you buy.
Damn dude, thank you for making this content, you are a true value to the rf community, I come from a different side of radio and enjoy the core elements of electronics, a major part missing from the appliance operator community.
Cheers
-Ziggy
Very cool sir. Looking top shelf, or should i say bottom.
What a beautiful Monster you have created BBi. Merry Christmas to you and your family. 73 Joe
You can do it bbi. And it will be done good. I can't wait till you fire that thing up. Your work bench will be jumping up and down.
Knowledge is power.
Thanks...
That is amazing Luke! What a fantastic power supply. Great Job!
I can fix It I have a gallon of gas and a bic lighter.
LOOKS LIKE YOU KERP YOUR HEAD ARFTER ALL YOUNG MAN . WE ARE PLEASED. 🤣🤣
Incredible workmanship there buddy on that PSU and good to see for a change…73’s from the UK
Iam amazed buy these amps and power supply's. I talk all over the world on a couple of hundred watts. WHY so much power.
This is true ART!
Like always very very nice build gr8t job Mr Bbi
I work in the electrical trade and looking at this stuff is like trying to read Korean I’m not even comfortable trying to put some larger gauge wire in my 4 pill.
Cut all the old coax out. Rewrap new combiners and splitters. Keep chopping away. Nothing but steps for a stepper. 👍 you can do it..
OmG that cluster loooks dope AF!!! Damm. Man. Nice
Oh my Lord BBI, lol You saw what I did to the screwdriver, and you say you’re gonna put that under the bench between your legs 🤪. You better be wearing one of those lead vest that they use at the doctors office for x-rays, and build you a lead mechanics helmet to protect your brain when you fire that bad boy up…. All fun aside, great job man you’re a bad ass I’m sure enjoying all your videos. Keep up the good work, merry Christmas and happy New Year’s to you And your family, 73s
I love watching your videos and they are quite informative and helpful to me. I have built a couple of amps to run on my station. Again thank you and I need a link to subscribe and join. Thank you and I will continue to watch your videos and learn from you.
Wait. Run it upside down. Get all the cooling you need on the heat sink. Some of those boxes were used upside down.
It would be faster to just start yanking with a nice pair of Klein Cable Cutters and the most powerful solder iron you have!
For those who dont know a "pill" in slang for transistor, namely the output transistors of a radio or external RF TX power amplifier unit. The term also includes MOSFETS used today and other similar devices used in solid state amplifiers. Tubes were referred to as "vacuum bulbs" or just plain ole "bulbs". IC's we called "slabs" now called "Chinesium Bricks"
LAZEY YANKS . 🤣🤣
That box reminds me the 96 black beauty used to key in DC sky in early 2000s
Mr.BBI I have been watching your videos for a long time this Amp will take a long time to bring back to your standards good luck with it,I don't know if you are doing many builds again but what would be my chances of getting a 4 pill with sideband built by you I don't know if you will look at this post but thanks in advance if you do thanks again.
What a beautiful piece of lmao 🤣
Looks like you will have to start from scratch with a complete overhaul. I've watched you now for about 7 years and I wouldn't have a second thought of you rebuilding this thing.
Im going to gut it
I know this is an old video and from reading the comments most of these people were in diapers when Muscle Man was figuring this stuff out back in the 90s. I've had the privilege to be with Muscle Man as he won every shootout that he entered his 96 and 128 pill builds in. If it wasn't for pioneers like Muscle Man you all would still be running barefoot. I'm not saying that's a Muscle Man box but I guarantee it has won thousands and thousands at shootouts. Black tape is your friend when you only have 5 minutes to get your mobile to the line. Don't judge this box. It's the great grandfather to the box's you run today.
I would build two concrete bunkers one for that unit with 500 feet the 2nd bunker where I would key that monster in case of an explosion. In other words I would have to be at least 500' from it when I keyed up on that unit while wearing a helmet and fire suit with goggles. Wow.
I would throw away everything and start over.
Use the force Luke😂
That power supply is the best i have ever seen !
You're not bad for having 90% of it just laying around as junk or extra parts
Would it be possible to mount it in a cart?
Looking on ebay they got higher and can't find the guy you recommending. Help me out and let me know where I can by them reasonable. Thanks again for your knowledge.
Well one thing for sure is you are the man that can fix it and if it were mine you would be the only one to touch it.
lol u need a shop around a power plant lol
Someone explain to me the deal with the big power and these competitions. I was into CBs in the 80s. Couple fellows around here had some crazy power base stations but what are they doing at these big mobile competitions? Does this have anything to do with talking far or is it where they are just measuring how many watts a person can get out? How does one win?
At this point in the video my brain is about to short out so I'm going to take a shower to cool my brain. This is too much for my pea brain at one time.
Apostrophe indicates ownership!
Run man run......
Hey Luke, I’ve got a question for you. I built a 16 pill box about 10 years ago with 2879 red dots. I haven’t dug into it to find out how many I think I popped but if memory serves me it was only 1-2 of them. What should I source as a replacement and should I do 8? depending on what is available? New question I’ve recently seen these 50-54 volt pallet kits around with LDMOS are these for mobile use and if so how are the charging systems setup? Thanks for any help. Slingshot, Stockton.
I need a BBI RA# people, I've been a good boy!!
It is not done because it a bad idea. It is not cost effective. Trying to build a daily driver that can power one is again not practical or cost effective. In this day and age many alternative technologies would be better for mobile use than 96 big bipolars! On top of that some one stole all the valuable Toshiba's out of the box and put in a bunch og HG's! Someone made a fortune gutting that for it's Toshiba's! Some of them look like all of the legs are not soldered down all the way. Some of that looks to plumbers solder on top of that. Those coax runs are absolutely buba work at best.
You are definetly going to earn every dollar you charge the owner and many times more! That looks like it is going to be one really tough job you got there Luke!
Even before I finish this I am only a bit over 9 minutes in I know you will fix it no problem that is just who you are. Have the Vape handy, turn the phone off, put on some good music! I would want to have some adult beverages handy for a job like that to keep me from getting too frustrated!
You better build a concrete box for that.
That is a train wreck and a dumpster fire!
Exactly
And hats off to you for tackling that amp, that is definitely a train wreck…shuuu shuuuu
This is so complicated, it looks like someone tries to get into the Guiness book. Why not using some LDMOS.
I've NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIE THAT. Good luck brother. My hat is off to you on this one. First thing to do is hire an exorcist.
the nigga-tron 96 slaps boi
WTF WOW That’s a lot of juice what would be the cost of haveing something like that built
Idk
Wow !!
Happy Holidays
Land on the moon lol oh god
It may look like shit now at the end it will be a beautiful
Wow...96 pills....
🤣
looks like BBI bult a 2000 amp + supply for his birthday . 200 amp is biggest I made. I went digital on my AC . AC V /AC A / AC HZ yes I monitor all my line input. MY DC meters are analog. I bult for me. I have a December birthday as well. I built a DX commander antenna for my gift my girl got me. 73's
Happy birthday bro!!
@@BoxBuilderIdaho That today 17Th. I will tune my portable antenna when weather breaks. in NY . I cut a wile for 11 meters CB as well. I work all bands ! 73's
wtf the dum a s box
It's an abortion! 😮
That was built so shockingly bad its amazing no a miracle that it works or did work , its hideous and judging by the soldering and the wire work , im finding it also amazing the designer had the skills to build it wow frankenAMP indeed have fun all i see there is raw materials gut clean test beta match rebuild wow