[AMPS] re: Pwr Switch AL-811

[Steve Hajducek]

At 10:07 PM 1/5/01 -0800, you wrote:
>>
>>I've had the same thing happen with those rocker switches in other 
>>equipment.  It means nothing more than: "you need a new switch."
>>When the contacts get bad, they get hot enough to melt and the 
>>springs kick everything out on the floor. 
>
>The TL922 and the SB-220 have the same problem.  The fix is to install a 
>stepstart circuit using the original, way too slow T/R relay and two, 
>25-ohm, 10w resistors.  see Figure 1 on my Web site.  
>
>
Hi Rich,

I am considering that. There is ample room inside the chassis. I only
picked this toy up to get a bit of QRO on 160m this season as I have
no time to either mod my SB-220 or the Collins 204F with my new job
and travel considerations. I bought it used, it is like new, but these things
happen day one some times. The design of the amp is not bad, but it
is what it is cheap.


/s/ Steve, N2CKH

http://www.qsl.net/n2ckh


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