[Amps] Ameritron Amps?

[Dave Weiss]

I have an AL-80 and an AL 1200.  Both work fine and I have had little
trouble with each one.  The AL80 is a little work horse and the 1200 is a
bigger one.

I find that the lack of warm up time is a great feature with each.  The 1200
has no problem putting out legal+ on most bands, the AL 80 puts out a KW on
some bands and less on others; absolutely normal.  The 1500 requires 3
minutes of warm up time.  The others 5-10 seconds flat!

I got both amps with the Grid overload protection and I have only seen the
1200 shut down one time in my getting used to it days.  The support from MFJ
has been good.

The grid overload protection is the only add on that I know about.  They
both take tuning abuse VERY well.  The 1500 I hear is less tolerant.  It
comes down to the tubes in each.

I am very pleased with both amps.

Dave K3FT

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Pat Poirier <hkman at comcast.net> wrote:

> Group,
>
> I purchased a new AL-1500 amplifier as a backup amplifier to my others.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for upgrades that need to go into the
> amplifier before I fire it up for the first time. I checked on line but
> didn't come up with any upgrades.
>
> Thanks,
> Pat W1KA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike" <noddy1211 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 6:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Ameritron Amps?
>
>
> >I purchased a an AL-1500 because it only takes 60 watts of drive to reach
> > legal output (actually a lot less on some bands), I did not want to run
> > the
> > exciter at 100watts if it was not necessary.  Why drive the exciter to
> 100
> > watts and heat the shack up even more and kill the transistors.
> >
> > My thoughts and reasons anyway.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have a question about Ameritron amps.
> >
> > Before we start, lets not get into an "MFJ is Crap" thread if possible.
> > I know that they have their Q&A problems so lets not deal with that OK?
> >
> > What is the biggest difference between the AL-1500 and AL-1200 amps,
> > besides the different tubes? If the price is the same or almost the
> > same, then why would the 1200 be offered?
> >
> > I have an old Kenwood TL-922 that I will probably have to replace. It is
> > getting troublesome, and I'm getting tired of working on it. I am
> > looking at the entire Ameritron line as it seems to be a good
> > price/value but it is a bit confusing about the differences between to
> > very similar amps.
> >
> > How about the AL-572?
> >
> > At any rate, if you made it this far, thanks for reading, and if you
> > have any hints I'd appreciate it.
> >
> > thanks and 73
> >
> > Gary WG7X
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