[RTTY] Some Advice Needed

Fri Dec 11 09:29:09 EST 2015

Hi Bernd / John

As fate would have it, I happened to be chatting to Neville ZS2N this
morning - who happened to have an Ameritron AL-811 sitting collecting dust!
A deal was agreed in minutes, and the amp is already in my shack!

I heard too many stories of FL-2100Zs popping tubes and overheating under
RTTY - at least the Ameritron should be good for 400-600W when needed!! Has
3 brand new tubes in it, and came with the ARB-704 as well.

Part of the deal is to set Neville up to operate Digi modes too, so we will
gain another Digi op as well!

73 de BARRY MURRELL ZS2EZ
KF26ta - Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Member : SARL
EPC#0558 DMC#1690 WCC#030 30MDG#4081
website : www.zs2ez.co.za

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Barber
Sent: Friday, 11 December 2015 2:13 PM
To: zs2ez at zs2ez.co.za; rtty at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Some Advice Needed

Hi Barry,

Good to see you will be back on RTTY.

The FL2100Z works fine on RTTY but don't expect it to run flat out for a
RTTY contest. I think Yaesu quoted 400W DC input for RTTY so maybe 200-250W
out. The 572B tubes are around 150W anode dissipation each so 300W total;
that's always a good guide as to maximum continuous output. Derate it a bit
for RTTY contest use.

I just repaired a 2100Z for a friend who pushed too hard in CQWW RTTY. 2
tubes and a few other bits. He switched to a FL7000 and blew that up too!

John GW4SKA

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry Murrell
ZS2EZ
Sent: 11 December 2015 06:28
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] Some Advice Needed

Hi All

After a lengthy absence I am starting to get organised for a return to the
airwaves, and specifically to get active on RTTY again
.

To sum up, life intervened and I sold my Kenwood TS-870 and TL-922 amp about
a year back, reducing my shack to a Yaesu FT-847 and a little RM KL-500 300W
amp (which has subsequently died).  This setup just did not work for me, and
I faded right out of radio for several months.  However in recent months my
fiancée has been encouraging me to get back into the hobby (I am a very
lucky guy!! :)  ), so I sold the FT-847 (and a whole lot of other bits and
pieces) and got myself an immaculate Kenwood TS-590S (with TCXO and VS-3
fitted), am in the process of sorting out my antennas and am shopping for an
amplifier – and this is where I need some advice/expertise!

Being in Darkest Africa, finding such a thing with my VERY limited budget is
tricky. New amplifiers are simply out of my reach – to put it in
perspective, at our current exchange rate my monthly disposable income
equates to around $500 (our currency has lost more than 40% in value over
the past 2 years).  This leaves me looking at something like a Yaesu
FL-2100Z
.

I can get a FL-2100Z with brand-new 572Bs, at a price around the top-end of
my budget. I am looking for advice or comment – is this amp any good on
RTTY???

I know that it is no TL-922, but at least it will fit in my tiny shack area
– and is available here!!

73 de BARRY MURRELL ZS2EZ

KF26ta - Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Member : SARL 

EPC#0558 DMC#1690 WCC#030 30MDG#4081

DXCC(mixed)#41,146  DXCC(RTTY)#1,916

DXCC(phone)#34,990  DXCC(CW)#11,714

DXCC 40m,30m,20m,17m,15m,12m,10m

WAS Triple Play #492  WAS(RTTY)#538  WAZ(RTTY)#185  WAE-I(mixed)#72

WAZS(mixed)#214  AAA#1569

AS ZR6DXB: VUCC(50MHZ)#1,334  UKSMG WAE(Silver)#75  UKSMG AFRICA#22  WAC
(Satellite)

website :  <http://www.zs2ez.co.za/> www.zs2ez.co.za

_______________________________________________
RTTY mailing list
RTTY at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty

_______________________________________________
RTTY mailing list
RTTY at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty