[Amps] Opinion on the AL800?

[gdaught6 at stanford.edu]

Gary wrote:

> Only drawback (if this can be addressed as one) is the three or so minute 
> delay for the hi voltage soft start/step/start to do its job.

I believe the 3 minute delay is to allow the indirectly heated cathode to come up to 
operating temperature.  The HV step-start is much faster.

And when you're waiting for the amp to "wake up" because the "new one" is on the 
air, then 3 minutes seems like a very long time!

73,George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 3-4, 2008