Bob
I couldn't agree with you more. I have had an Alpha PA70V, PA77, 77Dx's and
Sx's along with Heathkit amps but didn't take the Henry amps seriously until
I moved here to California.
I have owned a Henry 5K and now own a 2K-X, a black 3K Premier and a 3K
ULTRA. These beautiful amps have no equal and are beginning to attract
collectors who appreciate the beefy components they used. The best deal
going right now are used Henry 2K amps that put out 1700W with a good set of
tubes...you'll find these amps at or near $1000 all day long here in So Cal.
Long live Ted Henry's legend!
Carl AG6X
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From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Bob Maser
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 2:59 PM
To: AMPS
Subject: [Amps] Henry 8K
The original request on this topic was for some help on identifying where
Henry used less than good components and less than good designs on the Henry
8K Ultra. As usual, this reflector jumped on this guy and gave him over a
hundred totally worthless responses. I know from the list of contributors
that many of you are running 3CX3000 amps at this moment. Since my 3X3 amp
has been for sale for some time now, I obviously have one. When I drive
mine with 60W, it loafs along at the legal limit. Since I no longer am in 6
land, the legal limit is plenty. I told the originator of this thread
that there were a lot of cost cutting measures taken at Henry during the
last few years of production. This had to do with cheap parts and poor
engineering decisions. Hey, look at their competition. From the amount of
Ameritron amps(aka MFJ) that one hears on the bands and sees for sale, it
must be next to impossible to make a profit selling a quality product. It
was no surprise to me that Henry went out of the amateur amplifier business.
It will be no surprise to see TenTec go belly up in the near future either.
50 years from now I wonder how many Ameritron amps are going to be sought
after by collectors.
Bob W6TR
See y'all at Dayton!
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