Yeah I was looking at them and they did not look bad and was cheaper than
anywhere else I looked. I was just not sure about Penta being that I have
not heard a lot about the company. But I also read that most of the tubes
are made at the same facotry in China but marketed under different names
Like RF Parts..
I think I am going to order a set of the PENTAS and if there is some sort of
other problem and one blows at least I wont be out a lot of money.
Thanks, Troy N5ARK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Manthe" <scott.manthe@gmail.com>
To: "TROY D SINGLETON-N5ARK" <N5ARK@COMCAST.NET>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] al-811 Blowing fuses Like Crazy
> Troy,
> Actually, I know I said eBay sucks, but the guy on eBay that sells Penta
> 811As is probably OK. RF parts seems pretty expensive compared to the
> Penta guy.I think he's a ham, too. I think you can get a matched set of 4
> for 69.00.
>
> I'm glad you found the problem.
>
> 73,
> Scott, N9AA
>
> TROY D SINGLETON-N5ARK wrote:
>> Well I got a broken tube. The center tube i am able to rotate about 5
>> degrees with it still in the holes...Where is the best place to bu a set
>> of these tubes?
>>
>> Troy
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Scott Manthe" <scott.manthe@gmail.com>
>> To: "TROY D SINGLETON-N5ARK" <N5ARK@COMCAST.NET>
>> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 1:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] al-811 Blowing fuses Like Crazy
>>
>>
>>
>>> eBay generally sucks. If the guy told you it was working, tell him you
>>> want your money back.
>>>
>>> It sounds like you've either got a short in the tubes, or one of the
>>> caps/resistors is shorted. Tom Rauch, who used to design amps for
>>> Ameritron, or one of the other guys who know more than me, can tell you
>>> a little more about exactly what the trouble is.
>>>
>>> If I remember correctly, this shouldn't be too difficult a repair.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Scott, N9AA
>>>
>>> TROY D SINGLETON-N5ARK wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings All,
>>>>
>>>> I bought a AL-811 on ebay. Nice looking Amp. Well it arrived in the
>>>> mail and I pluged it in and the first thing happens is fuses go to
>>>> blowing. (He sent the amp with the tubes still in place ;() ..I open
>>>> the cover and look at the tubes and connectors again and everything
>>>> seems to be in place. A little up so I pushed the tues ack down and put
>>>> new fuses in. Still blows them everytime within about a second. I look
>>>> over the amp and I have never worked on them before. There is a little
>>>> green wire at the back of the amp that has come un-soldiered and is
>>>> free in the air as in not touching anything...seems the amp is arcing
>>>> right under the middle tue somewhere. Can anyone lead me in the right
>>>> direction.
>>>>
>>>> Not getting off to a good start on amps. this is the 2nd bad one I have
>>>> got....
>>>>
>>>> 73's
>>>> N5ARK
>>>>
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>
> The Dalai Lama, (May 15, 2001, The Seattle Times) speaking at the
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> react when a shooter takes aim at a classmate.
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