[Amps] Alpha

[Carl]

Its like buying a near luxury car. Low volume, high priced and mostly 
cosmetics since there is nothing special about the driveline......until it 
needs repair parts.

Carl
K1MH



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri at rogerhalstead.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Alpha


> On 2/23/2012 6:01 PM, Paul Kraemer wrote:
>> What in your expert opinion(s) would be a reasonable price to offer for 
>> an
>> Alpha 89 in clean cosmetic but unknown electrical not gauranteed 
>> condition.
>> I assume the tubes are in it but don't even know that.
>> Paul K0UYA
> On 2/23/2012 6:01 PM, Paul Kraemer wrote:
>> What in your expert opinion(s) would be a reasonable price to offer
>> for an
>> Alpha 89 in clean cosmetic but unknown electrical not gauranteed
>> condition.
>> I assume the tubes are in it but don't even know that.
>> Paul K0UYA
> I'm no expert and not knowledgeable on the 89, but:  #1 You need to know
> a lot more about it!
> If it's nearby and you can pick it up would it be possible to inspect it
> and test it at its location.  IE, just take a dummy load along and a
> small rig to drive it.  They aren't that difficult to hook up and key.
>
> Untested and without tubes it's not worth a whole lot, although some one
> might pay a small fortune on e-bay.  Not me.
> It could be the buy of the century, or it could be a waste of time.  No
> way of knowing without looking and testing.
>
> IIRC the 89 is the manual tune version using a pair of 3CX800A7's.
>
> No tubes?  If you have to purchase new ones. l think the 89 uses
> 3CX800A7's, but I'm not sure. If so they are kinda pricey. Figure $600
> to $800 for tubes unless you have contacts. Tested Pulls are available
> for around $350. Power supply.  Transformer is again about $800, give or
> take.  Maybe more.  I've seen them in good shape go for around $3 grand,
> sometimes substantially more and less.  If the cabinet is in good shape
> as well as the PS it might be worth a $1000 if you are willing to do a
> lot of work and invest a fair amount of time.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>>
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