Ron, there are other considerations. The tubes available today are made in China. I had very bad luck with two sets of Taylor brand 572Bs that were made in China. One set never worked at all and the other set lasted about a month. I am still using the 572Bs that I bought in 1976 used. So, if you get one of the 811A or 572B amps with Chinese tubes how long will they last? Am I extremely unlucky or did I ruin them intentionally as R. F. Parts accused? I really don't know, but it certainly will weigh heavily on my decision of what amp to buy. In fact, I just bought a used ALS-600. I will see how well that works for me.
Tuning is not really a factor for me. If you buy a "No Tune" solid state amp then need an antenna tuner you have not changed things a lot. But, will you need new tubes in a month or so? How long will you be able to buy them? Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ --- On Sat, 12/20/08, Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] OT: new SS amps > To: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 3:44 PM > What catches my eye is that comparing the amps on page 1 and > page 9, you > have to pay $2,000 more for an additional 1.7 dB of gain > with the amp on > page 9. > > Sure. you have to know how to adjust an amp and actually > tune the one on > page 1 whereas the one on page 9 is "no tuning" > (assuming the antenna is > tuned or you do the tuning with an external tuner). > > I guess that's significant to the hard-core contester, > but for that > convenience along with the 1.7 dB gain you must pay $2,000 > for those who > demand the ability to QSY across the band or between bands > instantly, or who > want to operate their station remotely through a computer. > > Ron AC7AC > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 2:30 PM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] OT: new SS amps > > I just ran into this by accident. > > http://www.ameritron.com/catalog/Ameritron_2009.pdf > > See page 9. > > No stated expected delivery > Not enough "specs" for my liking, but still, > rather interesting. > Is this "contest grade?" Who knows? > > de Doug KR2Q > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
