[CQ-Contest] Alpha 87A repair

Michael S. Mitchell W6RW w6rw at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 24 01:13:41 EDT 2020


John Stanford KF6I has done all of my Alpha repair work. He does a great job and is reasonably priced!


-----Original Message-----
>From: kdutson at sbcglobal.net
>Sent: Oct 23, 2020 6:07 PM
>To: Cq-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Alpha 87A repair
>
>I second the recommendation for John Sanford.
>
>John is an expert in Alpha 87A repair.  I have three of these amps, and he
>has successfully repaired on all of them.  Check out his web site:
>http://islandamplifier.com/
>
>I visited John last December.  There is an oil well next to his shop.
>Interesting.
>
>73, Keith NM5G
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+kdutson=sbcglobal.net at contesting.com>
>On Behalf Of Dick Stepanian
>Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 5:42 PM
>To: Bill Parry <bparry at rgv.rr.com>
>Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Alpha 87A repair
>
>Hi Bill,
>   I used John Stanford, KF6I.  He lives in Southern CA.  He has worked on
>mine and does a fine job also.  You can reach him at (714) 412-7399.
>
>Good luck and 73,
>Dick - W6TK
>
>On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 2:51 PM Bill Parry <bparry at rgv.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>
>> https://www.k0hm.net/
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Bill W5VX
>>
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