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[AMPS] New World Record for 8877 Replacement

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Subject: [AMPS] New World Record for 8877 Replacement
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:51:37 -0700


>GOOD GRIEF + what a waste!!  Caveat Emptor!!
>
?  So maybe it's a good idea to use a VHF suppressor in an 8877 at HF? 

-  cheers, Tom.  
>
>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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Rich...

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  


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