Ed,

Didn't think it was anything I had done, and you are right  age has a 
way of  changing things.   In my own case, as I get older, nothing seems 
to change for the better.

73, Steve KW3A

On 4/16/2015 6:14 PM, Ed Malmgren wrote:
> Steve, age does  things to components so I would think you got off real
> cheap.Send a six pack to the tech.  73
>
>
>
> ED K7UC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Forst
> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 3:20 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Amp parisitic board failure
>
> Just curious if someone more knowledgeable  than me might know what
> happened to my  amp.
>
> Sent my AL-80B to Ameritron for service after hearing an arcing
> followed by a burning smell.
>
> Just got an e-mail that  a cap on the parasitic board had failed and
> board was replaced.  $57 plus shipping.
>
> Just wondering what might have caused this.    As I recall, I heard the
> arc when I switched from standby to operate, and  would smell the
> burning  odor anytime RF was  put to the amp.
>
> Amp is 6 years old.  Just one of those things?    Maybe just a bad
> component?
>
> Anyone run into something like this before?    I know there could be a
> number of reasons, or maybe no reason, but I'm just curious.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
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