[WVDXA] Alpha Repair

[Clark L. Stewart]

Pete,

      No sir, you must have been asleep when you read what I said (or maybe 
I wasn't too clear that early in the morning.)  The "Fault 99" was one of 
the Alpha's protection circuits detecting something was not right in the 
amp so it shut it down.  This was when I first pressed the power switch to 
turn the amp on.  It could have been that it was unable to move the 
bandswitch or there was a problem with the high voltage or some other major 
error condition.  The Alpha 87a checks and monitors a multitude of items 
that, if out of range, will cause the amp to shut down in order to protect 
itself.  The statement about not apply any RF was my saying that now that 
the amp had successfully powered on, I was not going to apply any RF since 
I was so tired.  I have since applied RF and all is well.


Dave,

      You should know that when W8AH became a SK, his huge accumulation of 
equipment (including multiple amplifiers) was passed on to several WVDXA 
members.  We ain't that rich here in WV - we just got some good deals.

      In my case, I owned an Alpha 86 and when Alpha introduced the 87a in 
1991, they offered it to current Alpha owners at a discount.  I bought mine 
new at that time for $3,995.


Clark, W8TN
Alpha is Workin' Fine Once More


At 07:29 AM 1/17/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>  Clark, W8TN said:
>  " Anyway, now that I got the laptop talking to the amp, I did the Fault 
> 99 reset which Molly had emailed me and the amp now powers right up.  I 
> have not applied any RF to it as I'm afraid that at 2:30 in the morning I 
> may not be thinking well enough to do it right.  But, I believe it will 
> work just fine.  "
>
>It goes to fault if you don't apply drive?
>Like keying/no drive?
>
>My Ameritron/MFJ  is somewhat more forgiving.
>
>
>Pete K4OM

At 03:55 PM 1/17/2008 +0000, you wrote:
>Wow, Dave.  I'm simply amazed at the company I'm keeping.  If you guys
>start discussing the mobile KW setups in your Hummers, I'm going to have
>to seek a group which befits my economic status.
>
>73,
>
>Dave K8MN


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