Steve, In addition to having the amps that I mentioned, he has at least a
dozen other ones.  He recently bought a farm in northern Florida somewhere,
and has already bought 3 towers, 2 of which are 180 feet tall.  He has also
just ordered 52 10 foot sections of Rhon 55G, which will end up building 3
more towers, 2 of which will be 200 foot rotating units.  My friend has
invited me to visit him once he gets moved and and has erected all of his
many towers.  One of the towers that he just bought is only 106 feet tall,
hardly worth mentioning or erecting, Hi, Hi.

BTW, he is a retired photographer who shot most of the models featured in
Playboy magazine.  I understand that his QSL cards feature an incredible
photograph of his wife, a former Playboy Bunnie.  Some guys just have all of
the luck!


73
Alan/KD7GC




Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: More on Solid State Amps

Alan,

Do you think he might be interested in adopting a cantankerous, blind, 
bald headed, 58 year old sonny boy?

I was going to say "more power to him", but  I think he has plenty already.

73, Steve KW3A

On 2/25/2014 3:49 PM, Alan R. Downing wrote:
> Hello Steve,
>
> I have a friend who has a pair of the SPE top-of-the-line models with a
> combiner giving him something like 6KW of output.  He generally has a very
> good signal, albeit with a hefty price tag, Hi.
>
> Alan/KD7GC
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: More on Solid State Amps
>
> Our late friend Kevin  K7RX (SK) had gotten one of the Sp Expert amps
> prior to his death.   I think he started with an ALS -600 that smoked
> and he got his money back from MFJ.  For a few years he ran a THP 500
> watt amp (predecessor to the one I have) and sold it to a ham in Poland
> before going with the  Italian amp.    He did require sighted help to
> get things set up.   He also had some problem getting the right data
> cable from the US distributor, but all worked out in the end.   Sadly he
> didn't live long enough to enjoy it to it's fullest.
>
> Just going from memory here, but I think that when the Expert line came
> to the States a few years ago they had trouble   getting set up with
> someone to  do distribution/service. I think they went through a few
> before ending up here:
>
> http://www.expertampsusa.com/
>
>
> Get out your checkbook.  73, Steve KW3A
>
>
>