[Kenwood] Linear Help

[JV]

Hi Art
         I had one of these amps but I don't remember the suffix. I think 
it was a A or Z. I had to replace the band switch and the relay. The amp 
lasted about one year before I started having problems. They were not built 
for the long haul. If I had open up the case, I would never have purchased 
it, lousy workmanship. I would suggest you get rid of it and purchase some 
thing more reliable before tossing more money down the drain.
JV


At 10:32 AM 8/5/2002 -0700, Arthur Broome wrote:
>I apologize for using the Kenwood site, but am in need
>of some help with my linear.  Perhaps you couls direct
>me where to turn to, or even better if you know the
>answer.
>
>I have a Amp Linear (!) LK500NTC.  This is a pair of
>3-500Z in a "no tune" set up.  Instead of loading caps
>etc and a single vaiable to tune with, each band has
>it's own separate set of variables that once set, does
>a fairly good job and you do not need to tune each
>band.  set and forget.
>
>I have two problems:
>
>1  Anyone know the conversion to put this on 10
>meters?
>
>2  I replaced the finals a while back and now I notice
>I have VERY low output on 160 meters.  I replaced with
>3-500ZG which appear to work great except for the 160
>meter band.  I can't honestly say this just happened
>or it was alwyas like this.  Yes, i checked my dummy
>load, tuning etc.  I put 100 watts in, get about 125
>watts out!
>
>Any help and or suggestions?
>
>Art KK2M