Date sent: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 03:03:09 -0500
To: amps@contesting.com
From: dcckc <dcckc@ncn.net>
Subject: [AMPS] original design
>
> Rich I'm playing the ignorant card here(its easy for me) who designed the
> original AL80 back when Denny Had owned/ran the company. I feel like the
> only person on the reflector that doesn't know. Dave/WB0PKK
A fellow named Bruce Alexander designed the original AL 80.
(Why would Rich know that?)
The original AL-80 (less than 100 units made) was pulled from
production and major flaws corrected when Prime Instruments
(where I worked) took over Ameritron as part of a financial
adjustment with Amp Supply (Prime was the money source. It
owned the parts and tooling used by Amp Supply for all it's
products).
When Prime got control of the AL80 it corrected the design faults
as best as could be done and ran out the sheet metal and
scrapped the tooling. All original AL-80's were recalled, stripped to
the sheet metal, and rebuilt for free at Prime's expense.
The AL80A was designed at Prime and replaced the AL80.
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com
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