[Amps] More thots on ham amps

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 20:58:36 +0000
From: Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com>
To: Amps group <amps at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] More thots on ham amps

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On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 05:53:26 -0800, VE7RF wrote:

>.  For the same $ outlay, you could buy 3 x AL-1500s, then tune em up on different bands, like 160-80-40 for night time use, and 20-15-10  etc for day time use, or perhaps  40-20-15. 

REPLY:

Or for a little more than half that you could get an Alpha 9500 which
can change bands and re-tune in the blink of an eye, literally. And
not just three bands, all of them from 160-10.

Or find a good used one, recent production and save even more.

And you can spend the leftover money on antennas. 

Seems like a better deal to me. 

73, Bill W6WRT

## Points well taken.  Maybe its just me, but I have problems wrapping my head around
spending $7995.00   ( $10,313.55  in cdn dollars)...on any amplifier, that comes with a 35 lb plate xfmr and uses air variables
for the tune + load.  I have never been in that much of a rush to change bands. 

## The manual tune alpha 8410 at $5895.00  with its  pair of  4CX-1500Bs  looks like a winner.  A local friend bought one, I have
not seen it..yet. 

## 3.5 KVA  CCS  hypersil that only weighs 35 lbs  sets a new standard for  weight to KVA ratio.   Hats off to em, who ever designed the
plate xfmr.

Jim  VE7RF