[1000mp] Linear Amplifier Recommendations for Use with FT1000 Mark V

[Pete Smith]

At 08:32 PM 2/25/02 -0500, Tom Rauch wrote:
...
 I looked over the "cross-needle meter" Ameritron
>> amps at Dayton last year (I think the AL-811 is one of them) and was
>> not impressed with the construction -- they just looked light
>> throughout, compared with the older generation of Ameritrons such as
>> the AL-1200 and 1500.
... 

Tom, I think you misread.  I wasn't making a comparison between the newer
Ameritrons (the cross-needle family) and the older generation amps, but
between them and the older (I believe that's true) Ameritrons, such as the
AL-1200, AL-1500 and AL-82.  I do stand by my opinion, though -- in my
layman's eye, the construction of the AL-82, AL-1200 or AL-1500 is much
superior to that of an AL-800H.  If you believe the construction of the
latter is superior, (not in terms of tube selection, but otherwise) I'd
love to hear where the advantages lie.

73, Pete N4ZR

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