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I would like to know more about the Inverted L you built for the antenna. How high is the vertical element? How long is the horizontal? How did you feed it? Did you build a matching tranformer of some type?

About the amp thing: I have had the "opportunity" to need to use Ameritron's customer service to repair a tube amp. They did turn it around very quickly and at what I would call an "expected" price. In other words, I didn't feel like I got shafted (I already knew what was wrong with it and how long it would take to repair, which is why I sent it). No, the Ameritron amps are not built as heavy duty as some other brands, but the used prices are reasonable; you can get them worked on; and you can get parts. Dont' abuse it, and it will be fine for many years.

One thing I learned about purchasing tube amps over the internet: Make sure you tell the owner to remove the tubes and individually wrap and box them. It sounds basic, but I personally experienced the gut wrenching feeling of looking at the possibility of having to replace two Eimac 3CX800A7 tubes because they were left in the sockets for shipping and the tubes were loose and all the pins were bent when I got it. Fortunately, it wasn't as bad as it looked and was no problem to fix. But you don't want to experience that feeling, trust me.

Oh yeah, welcome to the WWRF! We're mostly friendly here...except for that mackmobile guy

<blockquote data-quote="Moleculo" data-source="post: 149329" data-attributes="member: 1">I would like to know more about the Inverted L you built for the antenna.&nbsp; How high is the vertical element?&nbsp; How long is the horizontal?&nbsp; How did you feed it?&nbsp; Did you build a matching tranformer of some type?&nbsp;About the amp thing:&nbsp; I have had the &quot;opportunity&quot; to need to use Ameritron&#039;s customer service to repair a tube amp.&nbsp; They did turn it around very quickly and at what I would call an &quot;expected&quot; price.&nbsp; In other words, I didn&#039;t feel like I got shafted (I already knew what was wrong with it and how long it would take to repair, which is why I sent it).&nbsp; No, the Ameritron amps are not built as heavy duty as some other brands, but the used prices are reasonable; you can get them worked on; and you can get parts.&nbsp; Dont&#039; abuse it, and it will be fine for many years.&nbsp; &nbsp;One thing I learned about purchasing tube amps over the internet:&nbsp; Make sure you tell the owner to remove the tubes and individually wrap and box them.&nbsp; It sounds basic, but I personally experienced the gut wrenching feeling of looking at the possibility of having to replace two Eimac 3CX800A7 tubes because they were left in the sockets for shipping and the tubes were loose and all the pins were bent when I got it.&nbsp; Fortunately, it wasn&#039;t as bad as it looked and was no problem to fix.&nbsp; But you don&#039;t want to experience that feeling, trust me.&nbsp;Oh yeah, welcome to the WWRF!&nbsp; We&#039;re mostly friendly here...except for that mackmobile guy <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Moleculo, post: 149329, member: 1"] I would like to know more about the Inverted L you built for the antenna. How high is the vertical element? How long is the horizontal? How did you feed it? Did you build a matching tranformer of some type? About the amp thing: I have had the "opportunity" to need to use Ameritron's customer service to repair a tube amp. They did turn it around very quickly and at what I would call an "expected" price. In other words, I didn't feel like I got shafted (I already knew what was wrong with it and how long it would take to repair, which is why I sent it). No, the Ameritron amps are not built as heavy duty as some other brands, but the used prices are reasonable; you can get them worked on; and you can get parts. Dont' abuse it, and it will be fine for many years. One thing I learned about purchasing tube amps over the internet: Make sure you tell the owner to remove the tubes and individually wrap and box them. It sounds basic, but I personally experienced the gut wrenching feeling of looking at the possibility of having to replace two Eimac 3CX800A7 tubes because they were left in the sockets for shipping and the tubes were loose and all the pins were bent when I got it. Fortunately, it wasn't as bad as it looked and was no problem to fix. But you don't want to experience that feeling, trust me. Oh yeah, welcome to the WWRF! We're [I]mostly[/I] friendly here...except for that mackmobile guy ;) [/QUOTE]

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