At 19.51 15/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Following my recent posting here for the "Best HF Amplifier", I received
>a number of responses from people. My original posting indicated that I
>was leaning towards buying an Alpha 87A, but wanted to get the opinions of
>the guys on the reflector as to what currently is considered to be the
>"best"..
>
>I received several responses from guys suggesting other amps, with the
>majority, interestingly enough, recommmending the Command Technologies
>HF-2500. A few of you suggested other amplifiers, from homebrew to Henry,
>and a few Alpha owners responded. Most were favorable, but a few said
>they had tried the Alpha, and went to another, for various different
>reasons. Is this because of the 30 day unconditional guarantee???
>
>I want to hear for you die hard Alpha 87A guys out there. Especially
>anyone that has purchased an Alpha 87A in the last year. Are you happy
>with the amp? Did you have any problems with it? Is their quality
>control as good now that the company has new ownership? Are there any
>quirks to the unit? Tell me the good, the bad, etc.
>
>I know that there are alot of Alpha guys out there. Let me hear from
>you. Your comments and opinions are greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Herb - KG6OK
Hi Herb,
I'm an happy owner of Alpha87a. I purchased it on 1992 and I waited 9
months to have it delivered. Since then it gave me few problems. If you are
around contesting, I can assure you it could be the amplifier for you.
Since then my contest category has been always ASSISTED as with packet
cluster it is a fun to operate. You can grab a spot and, believe me, in 10
seconds, change band, work mult and back agn where you were managing pile
up before, all these just in the time of lighting a cigarette....hi. With
CT, the system becomes a killer machine!
Different about the support. My 87a has been plagued by a bug that
prevented me switching automatically on 40 meter. For 3 long years I
phoned, sent fax, Wrote letters to Dick asking for the fix but his reply
was always"OK I SEND YOU", but anything never came by him.
BUT... :-))))))) when ALPHA POWER met DAVE the things changed immediately.
I sent him an E-mail and in few week the fix was found on my mail account:
just 2 lines of software code to input by keyboard fixed the problem, hope
for ever.
Support now is great: if you sent them a question, a doubt, replies always
come back within days.
They have also the DAS, Digital Antennas Selector, but I would not feel
suggesting you: it handles only ONE antenna per band if in automatic mode,
BUT, it seems from a their E-mail, a new DAS will born soon. Personally I
shall wait for newer version.
hope this help
Sante
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