Bill and fellow Reflectees,
I thought the AL-1200 was a "legal limit" amp??
Why is it only providing ~ 800 watts out on 17 but yet will provide more on
the other bands??
Where is the compromise??
Lane
KM3G
San Diego
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> From: Bill Turner <wrt@eskimo.com>
> To: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>
> Cc: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [AMPS] AL-1200 not giving much power on 17M
To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 6:53 PM
>
> On Sun, 07 Dec 1997 18:45:49 -0500, Jim Reisert AD1C
> <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> >I have a new AL-1200 (2 weeks old) that is not giving very much power
out
> >on 17 meters. I am using a G5RV, both with and without a tuner (my
radio
> >drives that antenna to full power no problem). With both the LOAD and
> >TUNING controls on the amp turned all the way to the right (3 o'clock),
the
> >most power I get out of the amp is about 300W. The radio power meter
says
> >it's driving 100W into the amp.
> >
> >I get full power out on 15 meters using the same bandswitch setting.
Other
> >bands work fine as well.
> >
> >Does this sound like a familiar problem to anyone? Is there something
> >wrong with the amp?
> >
> >Thanks - Jim AD1C
> >
> _______________________________________________________________
> I'd say something's wrong, Jim. I got about 800 watts out on 17 with
> 100 watts of drive and the input circuit set to whatever the factory
> sets it at. It was down from 10 and 15, but not as much as yours.
> Could be a re-tweak of the input circuit might fix it.
>
> 73, Bill W7TI
>
>
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