Hi all Looking at an old 87A for a friend. This is a 91xxx s/n without AlphaMax and NO updates done to amp. Originally faulting with fault 8. Replaced bad RX PIN diodes with 1N4007 diodes and TX PIN
Hello Dave, I suggest you post this message to the Yahoo Alpha 87A group where Alpha techs can see it: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Alpha87a/info I've CCed this message there. Best regards, La
You should call or email Glenn at Alpha to see what the message indicates and if he's seen it before. I'm puzzled by "failed to initialize". If it's completing warmup you'd think it initialized both
Thanks Larry. Ill check into it. Also not sure if the Alpha 87A Yahoo group still exists. Good news is fault 8 is fixed with PIN diode change (rx and tx). But now fault 33. My friend bought this at a
Thanks Jerry, Good info. I am wondering if it isnt a binding motor/cap. The guy at the hamfest was a big guy and he transported it with the transformer installed. He also carried the amp caddy-corner
I believe there are some who still monitor the 87a yahoo group. Here are comments I collected over the years on Fault 33: "Hopefully, it could be just years of accumulated dirt/grim causing some stic