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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From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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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
>
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