Hey brother thank you for sharing nice amplifier are used to have one you're doing a good job in your video appreciate you thank you for sharing from Atlanta Georgia see you
Sorry for My stupidity. Does ameritron make any amps for mobile applications that a Galaxy or a Stryker Radio will work with? Again,I apologize. Just wondering as I was told that these are way above Dave made,X Force and the such. Thanks to all,Troy.
I have one it don't come with l e d lights the lights it comes with burn out I did my Owen l e d light mod you also have to change one resistor for this mod it don't have ten meter you have to do the mod for ten meters
I have 2 of those Kem-Tron channel boxes for the 858 PL chip. (Seen it under the watt meter) 1 was working but goes into scan by itself and the other just stays on channel 40 all the time. No info on the net. Have you ever seen/had this happen with yours? I changed the switch and 1 cap that looked bad but didn't help. We're friends on Facebook also. I like all of your videos. Very informative. Thanks Shane
The Kem-Tron I have under the wattmeter is just a Freq counter only. It works like the Glen 326G as it has the offsets so you can hook it into the receive of a radio and still get the correct frequency. This model FC-40-T-R (Frequency Counter Transmit - Receive) is not a VFO in any way. I have 2 of these that work great. I like them because of the offset and the big display. I do have a Tekniq VFO that looks like a Black PAL VFO with digital readout. It does not work. Has problems similar to what you described about your Kem-Tron VFO. Can't find any info on it so it sits. :(
Today I was putting away some more stuff that didn't sell at Hamvention and saw that I do have one of those Kemtron PLL controllers. I have no info on it and have never tried to hook it up. If you find something on it let me know.
I gave up on mine. All the caps are probably out of spec and it has 8 IC chips that probably need checked/changed. One was hooked to a Cobra 29 LTD (non classic, the older one) and the other to a Cobra 139 XLR. I also snipped the ribbon cable on one to use on another project lol. There's no info at all on the internet. ☹
I messed with the digital VFO for a while with no luck and then gave up. Because I am not good with PLL's I never even tried with the controller. A couple of buddies of mine who know PLL's pin for pin in their heads and 1 can even count in binary and hex will have a better shot at it than me.
first thing I do in this vintage stuff from the 70-80's is change the caps. However with the controller, not worth my time to try to fix it and then have someone offer $30 for it.
That amp is known to have a small transformer and 811's cannot take much. Many replace the 811's with 572B's which can take a lot more, but you still have to deal with the small tranny. That amp goes for about $800 used now. I liked it a lot, wish I had not sold it. Ameritron also makes one designed for the 572B's. It is a much heavier version of this. However, the new selling price of the Ameriron AL-572 is a whopping $2399! I always run my amps at low dead key, and let them swing, and I don't push the swing over the amps limit. I believe 9 out of 10 blown amps are caused by operator error.
It comes new from the factory with 10 meters disconnected. There is a simple mod (cut 1 wire if I remember right) that will allow it to work on 10 meters. Any amp that I know of that works on 10 meters will work on 11 meters. That's the very reason some amps are sold without 10 meters working, to keep the 11 meter guys off of it. The only amp made I know of that would work on 10 meters and not 11 meters was late (newer) versions of the Heathkit SB-220. That amp had an 11 meter filter or block on the input side of it. It was called just a 'Filter' in the schematics. Since this filter only blocked 11 meters, that amp would work on 10 meters and not 11 meters. For those who wanted to use it on 11 meters, just bypass the 'filter'. Soon after Heathkit came out with the SB-221, same amp, but did not include 10 meters at all, just 15-80 meters. It had to be slightly modded to get 10 meters back in it! I think this was all done to pass the FCC back then as the CB boom was at full force and there where many many Cb'ers back then using Ham amps for 11 meters.
well this video shows it doing close to 900 peak into a dummy load with a new set of 572b tubes in it. However with 811a (because I ended up selling the set of 572B tubes) it did less, so IMHO it won't do it with 811a tubes but will do it (and it was loafing) with 572b tubes.
That sold at Dayton Hamvention about 4 years ago. I left the tables to go walk around, had a great price of $500 firm on it and when I came back, the wife with a smile on her face said she sold it for $300.
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I just bought a brand new AL-811H and love it
Yep, I really liked the one I had too.
Just Love mine. Made all the difference in the world makes my horizontal loop sing. Very Happy.
I miss mine, left wife running my Dayton swap sale and she took a guys 50% off offer!
Hey brother thank you for sharing nice amplifier are used to have one you're doing a good job in your video appreciate you thank you for sharing from Atlanta Georgia see you
the 572 tubes will not increase power!
You can push them a little harder than the 811's so I guess its in the way you look at it.
Sorry for My stupidity. Does ameritron make any amps for mobile applications that a Galaxy or a Stryker Radio will work with? Again,I apologize. Just wondering as I was told that these are way above Dave made,X Force and the such. Thanks to all,Troy.
no they do not.
Yes they will
well they make a 500 watt mobile amplifier that will work, but IMHO since its mobile anyway, get a Texas Star and be done with it.
I have one it don't come with l e d lights the lights it comes with burn out I did my Owen l e d light mod you also have to change one resistor for this mod it don't have ten meter you have to do the mod for ten meters
I have 2 of those Kem-Tron channel boxes for the 858 PL chip. (Seen it under the watt meter) 1 was working but goes into scan by itself and the other just stays on channel 40 all the time. No info on the net. Have you ever seen/had this happen with yours? I changed the switch and 1 cap that looked bad but didn't help. We're friends on Facebook also. I like all of your videos. Very informative.
Thanks Shane
The Kem-Tron I have under the wattmeter is just a Freq counter only. It works like the Glen 326G as it has the offsets so you can hook it into the receive of a radio and still get the correct frequency. This model FC-40-T-R (Frequency Counter Transmit - Receive) is not a VFO in any way. I have 2 of these that work great. I like them because of the offset and the big display. I do have a Tekniq VFO that looks like a Black PAL VFO with digital readout. It does not work. Has problems similar to what you described about your Kem-Tron VFO. Can't find any info on it so it sits. :(
Today I was putting away some more stuff that didn't sell at Hamvention and saw that I do have one of those Kemtron PLL controllers. I have no info on it and have never tried to hook it up. If you find something on it let me know.
I gave up on mine. All the caps are probably out of spec and it has 8 IC chips that probably need checked/changed. One was hooked to a Cobra 29 LTD (non classic, the older one) and the other to a Cobra 139 XLR. I also snipped the ribbon cable on one to use on another project lol. There's no info at all on the internet. ☹
I messed with the digital VFO for a while with no luck and then gave up. Because I am not good with PLL's I never even tried with the controller. A couple of buddies of mine who know PLL's pin for pin in their heads and 1 can even count in binary and hex will have a better shot at it than me.
first thing I do in this vintage stuff from the 70-80's is change the caps. However with the controller, not worth my time to try to fix it and then have someone offer $30 for it.
That's a great little amp does it run cool when heavy talking on AM?
no never run more than 200 watts on am
That amp is known to have a small transformer and 811's cannot take much. Many replace the 811's with 572B's which can take a lot more, but you still have to deal with the small tranny. That amp goes for about $800 used now. I liked it a lot, wish I had not sold it. Ameritron also makes one designed for the 572B's. It is a much heavier version of this. However, the new selling price of the Ameriron AL-572 is a whopping $2399! I always run my amps at low dead key, and let them swing, and I don't push the swing over the amps limit. I believe 9 out of 10 blown amps are caused by operator error.
Like this amp. Do you have one for sale?
I liked it too, but alas, I took it to Dayton Hamvention a few years ago and my wife gave it away for a $300 offer!!!
@@tramdr wow
Can I transmit in 11 meters with this amplifier? 73
Yes, but AM is awful hard on it.
It's illegal
It comes new from the factory with 10 meters disconnected. There is a simple mod (cut 1 wire if I remember right) that will allow it to work on 10 meters. Any amp that I know of that works on 10 meters will work on 11 meters. That's the very reason some amps are sold without 10 meters working, to keep the 11 meter guys off of it. The only amp made I know of that would work on 10 meters and not 11 meters was late (newer) versions of the Heathkit SB-220. That amp had an 11 meter filter or block on the input side of it. It was called just a 'Filter' in the schematics. Since this filter only blocked 11 meters, that amp would work on 10 meters and not 11 meters. For those who wanted to use it on 11 meters, just bypass the 'filter'. Soon after Heathkit came out with the SB-221, same amp, but did not include 10 meters at all, just 15-80 meters. It had to be slightly modded to get 10 meters back in it! I think this was all done to pass the FCC back then as the CB boom was at full force and there where many many Cb'ers back then using Ham amps for 11 meters.
just don't drive it hard, and it will be fine.
@@lizzyfan1986 Your point?
It'll do 800 to 900 on the lower bands..
no it will not
well this video shows it doing close to 900 peak into a dummy load with a new set of 572b tubes in it. However with 811a (because I ended up selling the set of 572B tubes) it did less, so IMHO it won't do it with 811a tubes but will do it (and it was loafing) with 572b tubes.
4-572B tubes with the correct transformer will put out 1300 watts on 160 to 10 meters all day.
@@tramdr What's involved in the 572B swap?
Nothing, just swap the tubes.
I like !
me too but alas it is sold. My wifey got taken buy a cheap Hammy while I was perusing around at the recent Dayton Hamvention.
How long would you suppose this amp would last at 500w output on 10m?
500 dead key or 500 swing? 572B tubes or 811A's?
@@tramdr SSB. 500 PEP. 811A's
Should last a very long time.
@@tramdr Awesome thanks for the reply.
dont matter 811s are cheap enough
Did you turn the driver on? Lol
and then I burned his radio up lol
@@tramdr ok
572B's are stout firebottles.
Yes but 2k on plate, and high drive needed.
be very careful with that safety switch bypassed
Got that right.
Hi there does anyone know about the 10 meter conversion something about fitting a link wire somewhere...Fred g4vvq.
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you wanna sell it
That sold at Dayton Hamvention about 4 years ago. I left the tables to go walk around, had a great price of $500 firm on it and when I came back, the wife with a smile on her face said she sold it for $300.
@@tramdr yea that was gonna go quick at that price
@@tramdrwhat da fuk. 500 was a give away.