[Amps] Alpha 77dx L5 help

[Michael Tope]

You might try checking with John KF6I at Island Amplifiers. He services 
Alpha legacy products:
https://islandamplifier.com/

I agree that the material is very likely to be iron powder. If so, there 
is a good chance Micrometals is the manufacturer:
https://www.micrometals.com/

73, Mike W4EF......................

On 12/2/2024 7:18 PM, Greg Wasik wrote:
> I have a friend in Thailand who recently zorched out L5 in his 77DX.
> Believe it or not, a small lizard got into the tank circuit and when he was
> tuning on 80 meters, L5 got extremely hot  - to the point of cracking both
> of the torroidal cores! Does anyone know what specific cores were used or
> if not, what the approximate value of inductance that L5 should be? I
> assume these are iron powder cores.  I'm trying to help him remotely or
> perhaps send him a replacement
>
> Greg
> K1YW