[ETO_Alpha] Wax On, Wax off

[ARS NZ3O (Byron) FM29fx]

I frequently leave mine on all weekend,
sometimes even when I sleep.  My rule
of thumb has been if the radio is on the Alpha is on.

Byron

At 02:41 PM 5/8/2002 -0500, Duane C. wrote:
>
>According to Alpha (it's in the '99 manual somewhere), it's better to leave 
>the amp on than to cycle the power a few times in an evening.  A friend with 
>a 91b told me that his approach is when he's going to be DXing on a 
>particular evening that he turns the amp on at the beginning of the evening 
>and leaves it on until he's going off the air for the day.  I keep telling 
>myself I'm going to adopt that approach, but haven't had enough air time 
>lately to worry about it.  Besides, if you leave it on, there's no need to 
>go through that agonizing "longest 2.5 minutes in the world" wait.