Hello Lane,
ECA was sold to another company and HENRY buys from them. I can't put my
finger on the name at the moment, but can find out if you wish. Let me know.
They are local in SoCal.
I understand your problems in the past and while the overwhelming majority
have had no transformer problems, we as all manufacturers, have made better
and worse products or had more or less overkill factor on various
components, we have had the current crop of tube amps (with some
improvements over the years) which have been very reliable since about 1987
when this line was introduced. At this time these models are pretty mature
and very stable. todays equivalent to teh 2KD-5 is the 2KD Classic.
Indeed many 3K models and the 8K are used worldwide in SW BC service!
I don't think Henry has any better replacements for the older amps as the
call for replacements is not high volume. The Peter Dahl units are very good
and ..... very expensive.
73, Dan Magro W7RF, (President WARC 1999, member SCDXC, SCCC)
Manufacturers Rep & Distributor for HENRY RF Power Amplifiers.
www.radiodan.com <http://www.radiodan.com> ??? RFpower@radiodan.com
<mailto:RFpower@radiodan.com> A trip to our web site is worth the click!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: zeitler@ibm.net [mailto:zeitler@ibm.net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 1999 7:01 PM
> To: Radiodan W7RF; amps@contesting.com; vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu
> Subject: Re: [AMPS] Transformers
>
>
> Dan,
> Who makes the xmfrs for the current production units?
>
> Lane
> Ku7i
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Radiodan W7RF <RFpower@radiodan.com>
> To: zeitler@ibm.net <zeitler@ibm.net>; amps@contesting.com
> <amps@contesting.com>; vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu <vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 6:57 PM
> Subject: RE: [AMPS] Transformers
>
>
> Hello Lane,
>
> If your reference to "recent vintage Henry" are those 1KD-5 and 2KD-5 amps
> you mention be aware that those amps haven't been made for 15+ years. They
> are also desktop amplifiers from that era and before. Usually failures in
> those amps are from those trying to get console performance from a desktop
> amp. There are things not quite as heavy duty in a small desktop amp as
> compared to a console.
>
> The current production Henrys do NOT suffer from chronic transformer
> problems, despite what
> anyone selling their line of transformers says!
>
> Let's see if it's possible for me to make a comment without
> inspiring a new
> thread from the shut-ins and malcontents!
>
> 73, Dan Magro W7RF, (President WARC 1999, member SCDXC, SCCC)
> Manufacturers Rep & Distributor for HENRY RF Power Amplifiers.
> www.radiodan.com <http://www.radiodan.com> RFpower@radiodan.com
> <mailto:RFpower@radiodan.com> A trip to our web site is worth the click!
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-amps@contesting.com [mailto:owner-amps@contesting.com]On
> > Behalf Of zeitler@ibm.net
> > Sent: Sunday, March 07, 1999 6:32 PM
> > To: km1h@juno.com; amps@contesting.com; vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu
> > Subject: Re: [AMPS] Transformers
> >
> >
> >
> > >I have had many requests for the failure prone Henry amps.
> >
> >
> > The ECA xmfrs are completely worthless. I have personally
> replaced to date
> > three in 1KD-5 models and two in the 2KD-5. The recent vintage
> > Henry is not
> > the same family as the older, original 2K era henry's of the 60s.
> >
> > Cost cutting sucks.
> >
> > Lane
> > Ku7i
> >
> >
> >
> > I need various
> > >dead originals plus detailed info on available space, full
> specs, etc. A
> > >nice discount to those providing the needed corpses.
> > >
> > >73 Carl KM1H
> > >
> > >
> > >
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