I liked my Skipper 300 and recommend one highly. 600w pep when working tip-top, and due to the 1 driving 3 design, tends to provide the equivalent of RF speech processing on SSB for that extra punch!
- though they usually could use fresh tubes (8950, 6KD6*) and/or fresh high voltage supply doubler caps to get it up to spec.
It's also nice that it only requires about 12w-20w pep to fully drive it.
I would still have mine if it weren't for a local (dummy) CBer who wanted to swap for one, so I did and took home his Drake L4B, repaired the forty-cent HV lockout protection resistor he blew when he powered it up with the case open, and voilá, had a smart 1200w pep.
*Running 6v filament 6KD6 tubes require you series every 2 tube socket filaments, since the stock 8950 sweep tubes utilize a 12v filament.
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