[RTTY] New amplifier announced

[Stanley Zawrotny]

The SPE Expert 1.3K-FA has a built in ATU and switches among 4 antennas automatically. It can handle two transmitters input. Its main problem is a backlog of several months due to heavy demand.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Oct 16, 2016, at 10:39 PM, Jerry Flanders <jeflanders at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I scanned the basic data on it a few days ago. Looked to me that it probably did not have an antenna tuner built in, and the antenna switching was much less than my Yaesu Quadra provided (which DOES have an AT built in).
> 
> I will look closely when more detailed specs are available, though, and I like the idea that it can become just another Flex peripheral on the local network taking orders from the 6x00 for band/antenna switching, etc.
> 
> Jerry W4UK
> 
> At 09:20 PM 10/16/2016, Bill Turner wrote:
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>> On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:49:09 +0000, Thom wrote:
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>> >
>> >Probably gonna cost more then the abode I live in. I know their radios do
>> 
>> REPLY:
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>> It will be interesting to see. The pair of transistors used costs
>> about $400, far less than an Eimac 8877, and of course there is no
>> expensive high power bandswitch. There are harmonic filters which must
>> be switched and it probably will need an antenna tuner, both of which
>> are not cheap.
>> 
>> With everything considered I would guess it will cost about the same a
>> top of the line Alpha.
>> 
>> So why buy one?  I see three divagates:
>> 
>> 1 Instant on.
>> 2. Transistors don't wear out like tubes do if operated properly.
>> 3. Transistors don't arc like tubes do. Or more correctly, they only
>> arc once.  :-) Arcing tubes are a notorious source of damage to amps
>> and power supplies.
>> 
>> There might be some hidden drawbacks we are not aware of. Time will
>> tell, but I plan to be among the first purchasers if the price is
>> reasonable. My Alpha 9500 will be up for sale.
>> 
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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