[Amps] Ameritron Amps

[Gudguyham at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/29/2006 12:14:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
bmaser at tampabay.rr.com writes:

My, I  seem to have tweaked a sensitive spot with all you ameritron 
lovers(not  capitalized on purpose).  I can see where appliance operators 
would  love them, just buy it, bring it home and plug it in.  What could be  
easier?
And when it goes belly up, just get on the Amps reflector and  ask for 
help(an almost daily occurrence).  Life is good.  Of  course, you could take 
the same money that you spent on the MFJ amp and  build your own and have 
some pride about it and money left over, but this  is too much to ask from 
most of our current amateur radio  fraternity.  BTW, the next time you're at 
a hamfest that has an  ameritron booth,  compare their product with any other 
amp maker an  if can't see the differences, maybe you're in the wrong hobby. 
Price can't  be the reason that so many hams buy them, since you can either 
homebrew  your own or buy some of the fine used amps on the market, example, 
why  would one spend $850 on a AL-811H when you can find a 30L-1 for  
considerably less?  An AL82 for $1300 instead of a L4B? Come on guys,  you're 
smoking that cheap stuff.

I love this reflector.

Bob  Maser  W6TR 



Bob, you probably never owned an Ameritron amp, you are going by what  others 
tell you, Many hams don't have a clue on how to operate an amp and  therefore 
do damage to them in short order.  I have owned dozens of the BIG  Ameritron 
amps with very few if any problems. Lou