[AMPS] RE: ALPHA AMPS...the contraversy continues!!!

Ian White, G3SEK G3SEK@ifwtech.demon.co.uk
Mon, 9 Mar 1998 07:48:42 +0000


Rich Measures wrote:
>"It's an Alpha, that's all you need to know." 
>Very Interesting. A similar version of such a statement is what 
>Rolls Royce salesmen tell customers.  My neighbor bought one.  It was the 
>most beautifully finished car I have ever seen, however, the electrical 
>system proved to be extraordinarily hellish

 ...possibly because it had been cooked. RRs are road-tested without their
final coats of paint, and then go back into the body shop to create that
famous finish. After the final spray, the whole car is baked - woodwork,
leather seats, electrical system, mobile phone, the lot!

Hope they don't do that with Alphas   :-)

73 from Ian G3SEK          Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
                          'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
                           http://www.ifwtech.demon.co.uk/g3sek

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