[1000mp] FS: Mint 1000MP

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:56:34 -0400

You are ever so right about the loooooooooooong warmup time on the alpha.
that has to be the longest 2.5 minutes in the world.  that is the only
complaint I guess I have about the alpha.

in the same vein......i was trying to work the ET3PMW on 160.  switching
to a loop for rx.  called him,  switched to the loop, heard him answer me
and then.............in my excitement, I forgot to switch back to my
inverted L.
Being on the loop cause the alpha to TRIP OFF THE LINE for 2.5 minutes.
The ET3 called me 2 more times and moved on to another station.  He could
not hear me with only 100 watts.  Was another week before he was strong
enuff
to copy at this qth.  I did get him but it was the day before he was
scheduled to leave.   Whew.....

Of course it was "operator malfunction" that i didn't switch it back but I
think
there should be a "shorter" recovery period or an over-ride.

Not enough to make me look for a different amp however.  My alpha 99 is
brand new, bout 2 months old.  Still have an L4B I could use but of course
it does not go on the warc bands.

c u in the pileups

73

chet N6ZO

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Mc Laughlin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: August 20, 2002 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] FS: Mint 1000MP

> I like having the "limit" on 10.1 MHz.  It may well have made a
> difference last night working a couple of African stations.  (with Mk
> V).
>     The vibration that is transmitted from the Mk V's fan to its knob is
> distracting.  When driving an Alpha (about 50 watts) the fan in the Mk V
> hardly ever comes on.  Not so when working 10.1 MHz.
>     There have been at least two times when I have managed to work a new
> one with 200 watts in a pile up before the (very long) warm up of the
> Alpha brought the amp on line.  In one case, the rare station worked one
> more station after he worked me and folded up.  That is when the extra 3
> db may well have made a difference.
>     In the next reincarnation, I might look with favor on an amp with
> the 3cx1200 because the Mk V has the power to drive it and the tube has
> a very short warm-up time.
>
> ... just some ramblings...  73  Mac  N8TT
> J. Mc Laughlin  -  Michigan USA
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