GOOD GRIEF + what a waste!! Caveat Emptor!!
Tom - WA2BPE
Rich Measures wrote:
>
> ?? An amplifier owned by Mr. Robert McFadden, WB5UZR has apparently set
> a new world record for 8877 replacement in one amplifier. Seven (7)
> replacement 8877s have been installed so far in his MFJ-Ameritron
> AL-1500 -- the one and only manufactured 8877 HF amplifier that does
> not utilize any VHF parasitic-suppressor whatsoever. As I recall, the
> old record was reportedly held by an 8-lander in Indiana whose AL-1500
> required six replacement 8877s. Some of the 8877s apparently failed from
> gold-sputtering.
>
> Rich...
>
> R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures
>
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