[AMPS] AL1500

2 2@vc.net
Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:43:35 -0800


>
>On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:31:07 -0800, Rich AG6K wrote:
>
>> The AL-1500 is - to my knowledge - the only commercially 
>>manufactured 8877 HF amplifier that does not use a parasitic suppressor,  
>>
>>-  R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
>>end
>
>The ITT Mackay Marine MRU-60 was a shipboard transmitter manufactured
>in the 1980s. It contained a 100 mW solid state exciter, a broadband
>100w solid state driver, and an 8877 PA. As I recall it covered 2 to
>30 MHz, and did not use a parasitic suppressor. I do not know if it
>suffered from high 8877 mortality rates. It made a lot of noise 

What kind of noise?

>and would put out a lot of power for as long as one cared to hold the key
>down.
>
Tnx, Doug

-  R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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