Well, Phil, I'll know more tomorrow when my fellow ham friend comes over 
and helps me assess things.

And, yup, it sure was disappointing, but, as they say, worse things can 
happen in life.

Once my friend helps me assess the extent of the damage, I'll then have to 
decide whether or not to file a claim to the post office.  Sad thing was 
that the rest of the amp was packed extremely well;  took me 15 minutes to 
get all of the packing material around it removed.  It was even packed in a 
double box arrangement, with the amp on the inside box, and that box inside 
of a larger outside box.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: a note on tomorrow's 20-meter test


I hate to say it, Tom, but who, in their right mind, would ship a tube amp
without removing the tubes and packing them separately?  The way boxes are
tossed around in shipping, there wasn't a chance at all that there would be
some damage but I'm sure the rest of the amp is in good shape.  Boy, I bet
that was disappointing when you opened the box.  Good thing he sent extra
tubes though.

Phil.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:07 AM
Subject: a note on tomorrow's 20-meter test


> Hi, all.
>
> Just a heads up here;
>
> I may or may not make it to our 20-meter test tomorrow afternoon at 2000
> Z.
>
> As I think some of you know, I purchased an Ameritron AL811H amplifier
> recently, but it arrived damaged in shipping early this week.  I'm going
> to
> have a local ham who is very experienced with this sort of thing come over
> and take a look at things sometime tomorrow.  If he can come at test time,
> I
> obviously am going to have to foregoe the test so he can work with me on
> the
> amp.
>
> Just to quell anyone's curiosity, the damage was done to the tubes in the
> amp.  The tubes were left in the amp, and were broken in shipping.  I
> think
> they simply  got jiggled in the shipping process.  Fortunately, the guy I
> bought the amp from threw in an extra set of tubes, which had been shipped
> separately.  So, there is a chance we can get the thing on the air
> tomorrow,
> but I don't want to guarantee anything.
>
> Will let everyone know.
>
> 73, and thanks for bearing with me here.
>
> Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>