[Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 32, Issue 36

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To: YV5LIX- Jose    The Ameritron AL-1500 is a very  good amplifier for it's 
price range. The tube is good and has had a bad rap from  power hungry 
egotist's who tried to drain every last watt they could out the  tube by over driving 
it and causing it to fail. It is one of the few Ameritron  amps that has grid 
protection. Even the AL-1200 does not have grid protection as  evidenced by 
the ham's who over drove them !! The 1500 is easy to drive because  it is a hi- 
mu triode with an amplification factor of 200. I would buy one if I  were 
you, you will like it !!  Don't worry about the parasitic suppressors,  if it 
needed them, they would be there. Their are those out there that will tell  you 
that you need something because they happen to sell it !! I have several  8877 
amps that do not need parasitic suppressors or neutralizing circuits at the  
base of the tube, because the 1500 is very stable. G L & 73, Willy  K3VW