[1000mp] Re: Amps and tubes

[Pete Smith]

At 06:51 PM 7/11/02 -0700, you wrote:
>After looking around and studying the situation a little it appears to me 
>that one of the better deals out there is the
>Ameritron AL-800H.  At $2150 + $300 for pin diode QSK (street prices) it's 
>$1100 cheaper that an Alpha 99 and only takes
>55W of drive for 1500W out.  Why would the AL-1200, or the AL1500 for that 
>matter, be more popular?
>

At Dayton 2001 they had the two series of amps side by side with the hoods 
open.  To this layman's eye, everything in the 1200/1500 series looked 
beefier, more likely to stand tough contest service.  The transformers 
appeared bigger, the wiring in the tank circuits was larger-gauge, and the 
plate circuit components appeared bigger.


73, Pete N4ZR

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