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Hi Phil,
I have owned my ALS1300 for about one year. I'm very happy with it though I
did have one problem with it when after 5 minutes of transmitting, the amp
quit and would not turn on again. Ameritron paid for shipping back to them
and I got it back in one week where Ameritron replaced all eight final
transistors. It's worked great since.
I can get 1000 watts out with 40 watts drive and the maximum power that I've
measured was 1384 watts on 75 meters.
The amp is sold with a switching power supply and it covers 160 through 10
meters. 10 and 12 meters require a mod kit that installs with screws, but
have fun putting the case screws back in.
The only complaint that I have is that the power supply has a rather loud
fan who's speed does not vary with temperature.
I prefer solid state amps for two reasons. The amps are more efficient and
transistors usually last longer than tubes before needing to be replaced.
Before I owned this amp, I owned an ALS600 which gave me no problems at all.
I should mention one more thing. Unless your antenna has a low swr on all
the frequencies that you want to work, be sure to use a tuner after the amp
to make the amplifier happy.
Bob Tinney, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
Skype, bobtinn
There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 5:24 PM
Subject: ALS 1300 solid state amplifier
I believe I heard someone on this list had one. Does the power supply =
come with it? How do you feel about it's overall performance? Does it =
come with 10 and 6 meters or do you have to order the kits extra for =
those bands? At least I think it works on 6 meters so you might clear =
that up. I googled it but these questions I couldn't find answers for.
Phil.
K0NX
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