[Amps] Alpha 86 Prob

Vic Rosenthal vic at rakefet.com
Mon Jun 6 23:24:02 EDT 2005


SamuelR717 at aol.com wrote:

> Mine had the updated board AND the newest, highest rated pin diodes,   
> According to Alpha, it had the newest and best of everything.  It still  merrily 
> blew fuses.  Alpha Tech Support was very clear that some blew  fuses, others 
> didn't, and they didn't know why.  
>  
> Buyer Beware!

I wonder if it has to do with exciters which tend to produce power 
spikes at the beginning of CW characters or syllables.  That would 
explain why some have the problem and some don't.

-- 
73
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno, CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco


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