[K3pzn-board] Donation to Club

[James Nitzberg]

Hi John;

Bring that thing into the club station - we'll give it
a workout this weekend.

That switch isn't much of a problem as Ameritron sells
step-start switches we could use to turn it on/off.

ANY working amp at K3PZN is a welcome sight.

73,

Jim  WX3B

--- John Hart <john_k3kwo at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> An old friend of mine, Joe Horton, K3FPE, loaned me
> a Yeasu, FL-2000 Linear 
> Amplifier some time ago, but I decided to get a new
> Ameritron AL-572 
> amplifier recently and Joe said that I could pass it
> on to the Carroll 
> County Amatuer Radio Club, if we want it.  He said
> that we could do anything 
> we wish with it, use it, sale it or give it away. 
> The amplifier seems 
> complete and has a manual.  It is set up to run on
> 110 Volts, 1 Phase.  It 
> will operate on 80 thru 10 meters at about 1200
> watts input with about 30- 
> 50 watts of drive.  It uses (4) 6KD6 run in parallel
> and has a built in 
> power supply.  It will need some repairs as when I
> powered it up, I noticed 
> that the indicator lights seem to be burned out and
> the on-off switch is 
> shorted in the ON position.  All four tubes do light
> up and the blower fan 
> operates.  I did not apply any RF so I cann't say
> how the amp functions.  It 
> does have a manual and schematic, so it shouldn't be
> too hard for someone to 
> put it back in full working order.
> 
> I thought it would make an interesting item for one
> of our internal club 
> auctions with or without the repairs ahead of time?
> 
> What do you all think?
> 
> John, K3KWO
> 
> 
> 
> 
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