A friend has a Ameritron 811A amp. Claims it puts out ~700+ watts into a DL. Recently he bought a pristine Ameritron 811H amp. But surprisingly it only puts out ~600 watts. He drops in 4 new tubes an
That may be true, but in my opinion the tubes spec gain of 13 dB, 65 watts should have driven the 811H amp to at least the same output power as the 811A amp. And I would think with 4 tubes the max Po
Outboard watt meter or reading two different built-in meters? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _________________________
Thats about what a 30L1 will do with 100W and 4 tubes. Your friend must feed the tube companies well. Carl KM1H _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com h
If that is an accurate external meter, 700+ W is significantly in excess of the rated output. Ameritron rates the AL-811 for 600W. There are significant changes in the input matching circuits. Compa