I've known Molly and Gordon Hardman for some time, as well as Michael
Seedman, CEO of RF Concepts. It was my understanding that much of the
work on Alpha amps under RF Concepts was done by a contract manufacturer
in Colorado, very close to the RF Concepts facility. If not the amps in
"toto" so to speak, but at the very least, all of the SMD and PCB work.
BTW... Remember Practical Peripherals (the PC telco modem company)?
Michael Seedman was founder and president. Later, he was a major player
in USRobotics/3COM.
73
Don W9CW
On 5/17/2014 5:13 PM, Jim Garland wrote:
Anybody got one of the old Alpha vapor-cooled amps still running? A friend
just acquired one, but it has some problems (a transformer, if I remember
right)? If the tube is still good (he doesn't have any way to test it), I'm
advising him to restore it and put it on the air. Pretty rare amplfier.
Speaking of Alpha, I've heard (from a credible source, but consider this
still in the rumor category) that after the merger, Alpha amps will be
assembled in Tennessee, but that engineering, design (and possibly repairs?)
will continue to be done in Colorado. I'm glad they're keeping engineering
separate. The design philosophies of the two companies are very different.
73,
Jim W8ZR
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