[RTTY] Dentron GLA-1000

[Bill Gillenwater]

I watched a demo of the GLA-1000 when they first hit the scene. To 
demonstrate how "sensitive" the tubes were the technician put the key down 
and in 20 seconds the tubes were "toast".  Use caution on RTTY.
73 Bill K3SV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrei Stchislenok" <asnp3d at gmail.com>
To: "Tom Osborne" <w7why at verizon.net>
Cc: "RTTY" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dentron GLA-1000


> Yes Roy,
> Be very carefully when running RTTY. Those tubes are really sensitive. I
> used to have such amplifier and had to replace tubes several tubes couple 
> of
> times. For CW and SSB they are not bad though.
>
> 2010/4/18 Tom Osborne <w7why at verizon.net>
>
>> HI roy
>>
>> Don't think you'd want to run much power in RTTY.  They use sweep tubes
>> (unless they have been converted) and will go pretty quick if you push
>> them.
>> You even need to be really quick on the tune up or you can zap the tubes.
>> 73
>> Toim W7WHY
>>
>>
>>
>> > At the Delaware hamfest yesterday I picked up a GLA-1000. it was given 
>> > to
>> > me by the same guy I got my ez way tower from, yes I now have a tower 
>> > and
>> > a KLM KT34 modified to the M2 version.
>> >
>> > He got it from an estate sale and it has been in his basement for 
>> > years,
>> > he never fired it up so today I will try.
>> >
>> > ? does anyone know about these, I have the manual and of course it says
>> > nothing about RTTY.  Can I run it on FSK?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Roy K1RY
>> > Selbyville, DE
>> >
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