Need advice on Low Drive High power Amp!

[High Miler]

Well I can't say I wasn't warned... The KLV 1000 turned into a total flop... Now it's at the point of little or no help. Started out with one bad tube and escalated from there...

We had it limping along for a couple days, than it took a crap... Went south...

I'm at the point I have had enough already....

I still want to hit the Kilowatt mark and use my Texas Ranger Base... 1.5 Dk and swinging to about 18-20 Watts if I hit it hard with the D-104 Hand Mic... Otherwise I can make it sit Comfy around 12 Watt swing.

Any ideas would be appreciated... Thanks in advance.

 

[NorthStar]

IS H&Y willing to warranty this amp? If not I know that Justin at Communications Experts can fix it this amp and have it working the best it possibly can.

 

[High Miler]

I'll tell you what NorthStar... I am going to send you a PM and you tell me what you think..

 

[High Miler]

H&Y will not warranty Tubes or Transistors... And that's where the whole problem originated... Is Because when I received the unit the Driver tube was already busted in it.

They told me I would have to send it to Syracuse,Ny for warranty work, I would have to pay the shipping, any tube damage, Transistors (Which of 'Course this is a tuber... Not solid state)...

So I am wondering if I can re-order the tubes, re-fuse it and have it work fine. I tried to get it to work for a couple days, and I am wondering if running it without that one Tube being present on High Power caused a voltage problem.

Furthermore, I hope these fuses caught it in time... And no damage was substained in any other part of the linear.

This is what I am worried about.

 

[High Miler]

IS H&Y willing to warranty this amp? If not I know that Justin at Communications Experts can fix it this amp and have it working the best it possibly can.

Thanks on that info... I sent Justin a PM ... Hopefully he gets it ok... This is aggravating beyond belief...

 

[nomadradio]

Hmph. The 4-tube KLV-1000 seems to hold up okay. I got so disgusted trying to keep that driver tube from popping, the only thing we'll do is convert a 5-tube to the 4-tube version.

This fixes the stability problem, but calls for more drive than a single-final base can deliver.

Justin's pretty sharp. If you find out that he has solved the "suidical driver tube" problem, I'd love to hear about it. At least then I could send folks who want that driver stage to him, instead of telling them "tough luck, high-drive only".

73

 

[High Miler]

I have a RCI Ranger 6900... Pushing 200 Watts on the peaks, would this be enough to push the 4 tubes??

 

[RugRat235]

to much. the 1000p (4tuber) takes a max of 60am and 120ssb. if you were using the 5 tube with your 6900 you would smoke it anyhow unless you could get your carrier way down. sorry to hear your having problems. the 1000p i had worked well.