[Amps] Ameritron AL-811H-- Again

[W1GOR]

This MUST be true... FOX network carried it...!

...Larry - W1GOR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k7fm" <k7fm at teleport.com>
To: "R.Measures" <r at somis.org>; "W5IOK" <w5iok at charter.net>
Cc: <amps at contesting.com>; "Bob Maser" <bmaser at tampabay.rr.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Ameritron AL-811H-- Again


> "In my survey of Alpha 87 and 88 owners, c. 40% had needed to return 
> theirs
> to the factory hospital"
>
> Note - attribution marks left out on purpose.  Quotation marks used to
> indicate I was quoting someone else.  Hope that is not too confusing.
>
> Was this a limited survey?  Were you waiting at the front porch of the
> hospital, or in the emergency room?
>
> The Alpha 88 was apparently one of those amplifiers that was so bad that
> Alpha Power has removed all information on it from their website and
> terminated all of the former owners and their friends that knew anything
> about it.  The FBI was investigating it, but those assigned to the
> operation, under the code name of Operation Parasite simply never 
> returned.
>
> Recent documents found at Eimac suggest that a number of the Alpha 88
> amplifiers were operated about a month ago on a dike near New Orleans. 
> When
> they were turned on, the parasitic currents caused massive swirling of
> parasitics, which engulfed the region.  Investigation of the dike, under 
> the
> location of where the Alpha 88s were operated, reveal shattered filaments 
> of
> the rebar used.  It has been suggested that if the rebar had been
> constructed of nichrome, the massive flow might have been prevented.  Both
> republicans and democrats alike have asked for an independent 
> investigation.
>
> Colin  K7FM
>
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