[RTTY] AL-1200 arcing during QRO RTTY contesting

WA9ALS - John wa9als@starband.net
Thu, 4 Oct 2001 19:45:32 -0500


> The AL-1200 is a pretty rugged amp. Quoting from Ameritron's literature on
> it:"it can deliver power of more than 2500 watts PEP two tone output for a
> half hour!". You were running it at only 40% of this at probably less than
> a 50% duty cycle - almost QRP for this amp. You may have to look elsewhere
> to find this problem.

Well, I'm certain I could've fried an egg on the top of it - I hate to think
what it would be like at 2500 watts!  ;-)