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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