[Amps] Ameritron AL-811H-- Again

[Vic K2VCO]

Jim Reid wrote:
> 
> 
>>Bottom line, Ameritron is junk.  Its big plus is that they are cheap. 
>>Aren't they owned by MFJ?
> 
> 
> Yes they are.  And as Tom said,  it was designed to be "cheap".
> But it works,  and I only paid $50 for it from a very old amateur
> dropping out of the hobby.  He probably would have just given
> it to me,  but I offered the fifty and he accepted.

It's not junk.  It's not a bad design and most of the components are 
acceptable to good quality.  It's likely to be more trouble-free 
(assuming that it has decent tubes in it) than many 'better' amplifiers.

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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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