[Amps] Alpha 87A Won't Transmit

Frank Kirschner frank.kirschner at gmail.com
Wed Apr 7 19:54:46 EDT 2021


Thanks for all the input. The solution seems to be that the TH-11 is coming
down for maintenance. It probably needed it anyway.

73,
Frank
KF6E

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 9:32 AM Frank Kirschner <frank.kirschner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My Alpha (actually, the whole station) was turned off but plugged in for
> about nine months while house renovation went on. Finally was able to make
> my way to the rig, and when I transmit, the Alpha immediately goes to
> standby showing SF 14. With the amp in standby mode, I can transmit 100
> watts from my Flex 6600 with low SWR. I checked all the connections and
> cleaned the RF connections. I also ran the Tune and Load controls up and
> down, and they move fine.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> 73,
> Frank
> KF6E
>


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