[MFJ-Ameritron] re: proper tuneup procedure

[Dick Flanagan]

At 06:12 PM 2/23/2006, Hart wrote:
 >I have a al-811 amp. I have read the manual and did everything it told me to
 >do. But I still fried the tubes in the amp. There has to be a better way or
 >an easier method of tuning the amp for phone operations. Can anyone help.

I use an Ameritron ATP-102 "Tuning Pulser" that doesn't stress the tubes as 
much as a straight CW carrier.  This has allowed me to do some really 
stupid things without paying the ultimate amp price.

73, Dick
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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
E-mail: k7vc at arrl.org