Yup, I'm busy as work waiting for people.
On CB tricks I found this info - http://www.cbtricks.com/miscellaneous/fet_papers/ekl/graphics/galaxy_dx949_959_2547_erf2030_mod_rev1-2.pdf

Looks pretty good, and might be used for for a certain person who has a dx 949.
If anybody tries it let me know how it works out.

binrat

Yes, but the most common MOSFET is the 520 mosfet. It is a switching mosfet where as the mosfet in the conversion is a RF mosfet. I think that it would more energy effective than the 520. But then again, I'm getting old and lacking hair.

binrat

Yeah I mean they havent really been in widespread use long enough to tell for sure.We shall see,my General is about a year old with no problems so far and you know me.....I use the heck outta that radio Shawn

I asked about the dual final conversion for this DX959 I have, and while DTB Radio was willing to do it, he said it would be disappointing (not doing the watts it really should, or would be expected to do, with dual finals).

Something about the fact the radio doesn't have the power supply to adequately run dual finals...

Steved,
Look at page 8 on the link I posted. From what I have read about this particular mosfet final is that it is a RF transistor that works on a higher voltage. There is a number of components that are disconnected from the board. Quickly looking it appears that doing so raises the voltage to the finals.

binrat

I only know what I was told...I was told that it was a bad idea.

IIRC, the radio would become frequency unstable and all but unusable on SSB (forgive me, its been several months since I had the radio touched). I was given the choice on whether to do the mod or not, which I inquired about because I saw it on the net...

In my thinking, I was thinking a dual final configuration would run that 4-pill nicely...the reason I asked about it...but since I was running a 4-pill, it really didn't matter that much, in the fact that clean stable signal was more important than a few extra watts.

I can add no more to this thread, since I really only know what I was told...

If you got that advice from a sound tech then I would say go with it. I have been searching the net alot looking for info on it and have heard from another forum, that they are good but may require a few small adjustments after.

binrat

if i was u i was keep the stock finals in that thing and throw thise mosfets away ....they are junk!!!!

1.they get hot to fast
2.when they get hott u get power lost..
3.the hermonics are stuiped they bleed though everything
4.they are junk

Considering the fact they have been the stock final for two years now...they seem to be working well enough. My DX959 has a mosfet, and its the stock final...I get none of the issues you describe with my DX959.[/quote]

they got different size mosfet final just like the old finals....

but i bet u $100 if you get someone who knows wat they are doing to radio and works that radio out all those things will happened