You said there's three things wrong in a row, I was like I see two of them but for the liife of me couldn't see the third ..and thought you meant the resistor (which did turn out to be burnt up along with the rest of them, but not what you were talking about at that point), then you pointed out what used to be a disk cap .. I was like holy cow, I thought that was a burnt bit of flux on the board it's so dang crispy!

I just found your vids randomly the other day, and watched a few of your really old vids, and a couple of new ones. Some of the repairs of other brand amps, as well as your own builds, listened to a bit of your amp building philosify and thought I'd chime in with that there's nothing wrong with looking at an old version of something you built that might not be the way you do it now. The whole point of you not doing it that way anymore is the willingness and drive to improve and get better at something. I'd be more concerned if the amps were exactly the same 10 years later (putting aside tried and tested methods that just work and are timeless, and from the point of view of someone starting out and learning to be the best they can be at what they do over a decade or two). I'd be even more concerned if the amps got worse over time, like some of the ones you've fixed from other places! xD

Thts an amazing box. Massive. Everything about it is impressive. Nice work .

Would love to see more ham gear covered on here. Thanks for the video.

Mine chooched those same parts when I was cleaning up connections and reversed polarity at the 100-amp power supply. Could it be?

Bbi, I am one that watch your videos from start to finish. Every single one and have gone back and watched videos that were made before I subscribed. Thank you for the education. I am now thinking about building my own.

I have had a love hate relationship with this amp, since I screwed up and hooked it up backwards after many happy years of use. After it was repaired by MFJ, it will hardly take any reflect at all to overload it, so I usually just run lower power. Next time you get one show us a reliable way to make that adjustment please (｡ ▼皿▼) Excellent work Masta' 73's🎙KD9OAM

I’ve been watching your tubi tube for quite a while. I’m a old 11 meter guy from the old days 74 years and I love watching you make things work. Great videos. TunaFish 10-4.

What U say bull sh..

(Comment) You're pretty tall for a bearded lady! Big ugly, thank you for what you do! Best wishes 73'S

Just watched your video where you make it clear,do not put the fuse at the back of the amp but by the battery,u said it like 4 times, for us hard headed folks,i busted out laughing, great video Luke, keep on rocking brother, kb0uzz

I’m curious about the HG’s, the 16D(?) 2879 cross reference. If you’re not planning to overvolt and give it the beans, are they a pretty decent part? I’m looking to get a TS500 with HG’s so it’s easy to swap transistors out down the line. Is there a lot to change going from Toshiba to HG? Do you have to rewind the ferrite’s? I just want a workhorse that’s low maintenance.

Hello Fellow Amphaulics, Friends, And Supporters Of The World Famous BBI AMPS. Thank you Luke for another wonderful repair video. Nice amp & I'll bet after you do your thing it will be better than new. I really love the solder work, looks like aerospace quality to me. God Bless & stay safe + the bottom side components look like French toast. TMP, Unit 22 from N.J.

I picked up a ten tec hercules II with no output. One day need to get it repaired.

Great video Luke, keep it up, kb0uzz

Heloo 1-2-1-2!! Will make that my new ringtone! If u would get in to amp building / repair today could you live without bird meter and calculate power out from the SA? 73 sa2oxe

I have a 8 pill box with hg2879 wish I could find Toshibas and I have a 32 pill box that would b nice if it has the Toshibas but hgs r working

Cool video Luke,kb0uzz

3 double deuce on the loose, mohave valley az wavin 👋

Man, you gotta be the Smartest? Man in the room. I'll leave it at that and you see if you can figure it out

Ooooooo motion lotion 🧴

I watch em all bro. All of em. Don’t know why. I don’t own a radio. But I will say watching your videos is making me want one

I'm one of the weird ones that actually watches your entire videos...😊

Hey I have one more quick question 😅

Thanks for the video. Adding to the algorithm lol

Good lord, the solder job on both the top and the back of that board… Jesus the white jumper wires alone, half of them don’t even look like they’ve been soldered to the lands of the board 🤯 I’m very surprised it worked at all. 😗🎵🎶

i swear that youtube analytic i swear is wrong or they are fucking wirh it...everyone single content creator has that issue ..very strange.

wild to see someone thro that much loot on a als amp. Im sure it will kick ass and last time a long time.

No wonder Mutha Friggin Junk closed the doors. Their quality surely wasn't there.

I have a custom 2400 like new bought it from the original owner about a month ago

hey luke,dont know if youll ever see this comenet,it was posted over a yr ago,thanks for showing all the Q AND A ,i learned alot brother,buzz- kb0uzz,73s

Mr. BBI, do you still have the link or part numbers for those bulbs? I searched for "Marantz 12v bulb" with a few variations and I did not find anything that looked like what you installed. Thanks for the excellent video.

Bbi radio sound like shit on god my 29 sounds better then that

Good info!!

This is a great video. Thank you bbi I was recently looking at one of these . Now i will take the hard pass. Yes its clean. But its also a mess.

Amazing Journey to try to document this history.. Thank You. i may want a small amp for my QT-40 i have never owned one or used. would like to get maybe 200 to 400 amps how many pills is that and costs anywhere BBI ?

What transistors did you end up using? Thanks for the video always 👍

Hello, I'm learning about these through your video's Thank You. What would you recommend to help drive Radddioty Q-40 ? I just got it and learning on it I have a old school TRC-457 all barefoot..

Greetings , can those transistors be tested circuit to get a rough idea ? or do they have to pulled out everytime? ✌️73 🇦🇺 🪃 🇦🇺

(｡ ▼皿▼) Excellent work Masta' ​ ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧🌚💫 Do not try and bend the spoon, that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth...there is no spoon. Then you will see it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.💊💊

Hello Fellow Amphaulics, Friends, And Supporters Of The World Renowned BBI AMPS. Luke you are by far one of the only people on this earth that doesn't have to refer to a schematic to begin troubleshooting. Just a little magic ,& it's better than new. God Bless & my best to the family. TMP ,Unit 22 from N.J.

whos making the electricity will kill you shirts?!?!?! Nothing like that electronics smell!!

Could not finish the video. I'd rather watch paint dry

Love messengers,I ran an M250 for years as a driver with original Motorola pills in it.

A good little amp for a handheld and adapter situation 👍.

Great job BBI ! Thank you for pointing out RF exposure danger on higher frequencies' ! Their is 2 parts of that. The DBM level of RF and the frequency . then you have distance. On some QMRS channels 50 watts is max legal power. At that UHF 70CM a few watts makes 0 difference to the receive on outher end. You just burn up more heat in the amp and draw more amperage . Just a waste. I drop PA section in repeaters VHF/UHF ones down a few watts. The GMRS one does 40 watts after duplexer. no one can tell i dropped it from 50. The PA amp runs cooler ! What I would see change is the FCC regulations on harmonic's over 225 MHZ one. THERE IS NONE ! I feel that is wrong and needs to change. Set some standards for UHF and microwave harmonics emissions . Just my personal feeling on that. 73