I was seriously considering buying
a 4510A Wattmeter.
After all this, I am not even sure they
still sell it or service it.
Doesn't give me a warm fuzzy ...
73, Dick, W1KSZ
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 12:29 PM Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:29:26 -0700
> From: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@gmail.com>
> To: Amplifiers <Amps@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Trying to contact AlphaRF Systems without success
>
> <They may have taken more than
> <Xmas off ... only get an answering
> <machine, no live people.
>
> <73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
> ## talked to a buddy of mine a month ago, who is an alpha owner.
> He told me Alpha was having serious money issues, with key investors.
> I cant substantiate any of that.
>
> ## Their 8410 has been listed as out of stock for months. They also
> ask for
> a $160.00 ..... one time handling fee, dunno why.
>
> ## They want $170.00 for a ...one time handling fee for the 9500 amp.
>
> ## It appears you cant even buy their 8406 6m amp. There is NO...
> buy now.... url to click on.
>
> ## The alpha 4040 auto ant tuner is still not into beta testing. The
> tuner looks superb though.
> A pair of vac caps + HD edge wound roller.
>
> ## For the same $6K they want for their 8410 amp, you can buy the
> manual tune version of an OM-4000, same tubes, but does an easy 4-5 kw
> out.
> For a bit more $, you can get the full auto version of the OM-4000.
> The OM-4000 comes with a pair of stacked 3 kva ccs toroidial power
> transformers.
>
> ## One would think IF the staff was taking time off at XMAS, they would
> post to their
> website the leaving and return dates.
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