My AL 800H still keeps on a trukin'. Bought it used, hasn't missed a lick in
three years. Runs legal+ with no difficulty.
Best bang for the buck in amps as far as I am concerned.
Gary...wa6fgi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Weiss" <davidhweiss@gmail.com>
To: "Pat Poirier" <hkman@comcast.net>
Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Ameritron Amps?
>I have an AL-80 and an AL 1200. Both work fine and I have had little
> trouble with each one. The AL80 is a little work horse and the 1200 is a
> bigger one.
>
> I find that the lack of warm up time is a great feature with each. The
> 1200
> has no problem putting out legal+ on most bands, the AL 80 puts out a KW
> on
> some bands and less on others; absolutely normal. The 1500 requires 3
> minutes of warm up time. The others 5-10 seconds flat!
>
> I got both amps with the Grid overload protection and I have only seen the
> 1200 shut down one time in my getting used to it days. The support from
> MFJ
> has been good.
>
> The grid overload protection is the only add on that I know about. They
> both take tuning abuse VERY well. The 1500 I hear is less tolerant. It
> comes down to the tubes in each.
>
> I am very pleased with both amps.
>
> Dave K3FT
>
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Pat Poirier <hkman@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Group,
>>
>> I purchased a new AL-1500 amplifier as a backup amplifier to my others.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions for upgrades that need to go into the
>> amplifier before I fire it up for the first time. I checked on line but
>> didn't come up with any upgrades.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Pat W1KA
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike" <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <amps@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 6:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Ameritron Amps?
>>
>>
>> >I purchased a an AL-1500 because it only takes 60 watts of drive to
>> >reach
>> > legal output (actually a lot less on some bands), I did not want to run
>> > the
>> > exciter at 100watts if it was not necessary. Why drive the exciter to
>> 100
>> > watts and heat the shack up even more and kill the transistors.
>> >
>> > My thoughts and reasons anyway.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> >
>> > Hello All,
>> >
>> > I have a question about Ameritron amps.
>> >
>> > Before we start, lets not get into an "MFJ is Crap" thread if possible.
>> > I know that they have their Q&A problems so lets not deal with that OK?
>> >
>> > What is the biggest difference between the AL-1500 and AL-1200 amps,
>> > besides the different tubes? If the price is the same or almost the
>> > same, then why would the 1200 be offered?
>> >
>> > I have an old Kenwood TL-922 that I will probably have to replace. It
>> > is
>> > getting troublesome, and I'm getting tired of working on it. I am
>> > looking at the entire Ameritron line as it seems to be a good
>> > price/value but it is a bit confusing about the differences between to
>> > very similar amps.
>> >
>> > How about the AL-572?
>> >
>> > At any rate, if you made it this far, thanks for reading, and if you
>> > have any hints I'd appreciate it.
>> >
>> > thanks and 73
>> >
>> > Gary WG7X
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