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]
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----- 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