[CQ-Contest] Alpha 87A repair

[Dick Green]

Brad worked for the various iterations of the Alpha company for years. AFAIK, he’s the world’s expert on the 87A. 

One time Brad correctly diagnosed the cause of a problem I had with my 87A when he overheard a co-worker talking about the symptoms with me on the phone (he shouted out, “Tell him to check L1 on the T/R board.”)

 I met Brad once, when he came to New Hampshire for an “Alpha Day” sponsored by YCCC. He replaced the CPU in my 87A, which had been damaged by lightning. He did a great job and was friendly, too. I can confirm that Brad is a good guy!

If my 87A had a problem that I couldn’t fix, Brad is the first person I’d call.

73, Dick WC1M



73, Dick WC1M
> On Oct 23, 2020, at 4:37 PM, Bill Parry <bparry at rgv.rr.com> wrote:
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> I had problem with my Alpha 87A and decided that I would look around for someone other than Alpha to fix it. The last time I had it repaired at Alpha and they did a good job but it took MONTHS!!! I felt that surely there must be some one that could  repair it that would be quicker than that. I called Jay since they had something on the Array Solutions website about working on Alphas.  After talking Jay said they didn't want to work on 87As anymore because the parts were too hard to find. I continued to search for someone and found Brad, K0HM:
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> https://www.k0hm.net/
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> I called and he sounds like a good guy so I am going to try him out.  I'll let youall know about my experience.
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> Bill W5VX
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