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The Alpha 2000 dummy load is capable of dissipating four times the legal limit (6 kW) for 2 minutes and legal limit (1500 watts) key down, forever. It covers the 160 meter to 6 meter bands (actually 1 Mhz - 60 MHz continuously). It is a dry dummy load intended for testing amplifiers and station conditions. Two fans on the rear of the unit are automatically turned on when the internal temperature...


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The Alpha 2100 is the perfect station accessory and provides you with unparalleled convenience. You can tune up into this dummy at FULL legal limit output power, right at the frequency you need and then switch to bypass (antenna) mode and be ready to answer the DX station and get through the pile up on your first call. Most legal limit dummy loads are good for 5 - 10 SEC - ONDS at 1500 watts – the Alpha...


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LONGMONT, Colo.- May 9, 2014 - Announcing today the merger of Longmont, Colorado -based RF Concepts LLC / Alpha Amplifiers and Sevierville, Tenn.-based TEN-TEC Inc., RF Concepts Chairman Michael Seedman, AA6DY, declared the union the perfect combination of amateur radio brands. The merger creates a multi-million-dollar company with products that span QRP transceivers to full-legal-limit amplifiers...


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Letter from the President, Steve Farkas, WA2NFR I’m spending about eighty percent of my time on Alpha’s new A4040 Autotuner.  It’s great to get back to engineering – my true love. It’s picture time! This was shot as we were assembling the first article and things look really good.  A few holes in the wrong place, but all and all, things are looking really good for shipment at the end of the quarter. ...


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The Alpha 4040 4 kilowatt 1.8-30 MHz antenna tuner is nearly complete. We expect it to ship during the first quarter 2012. This brochure will give some of the highlights of the product and some insight into the design choices that went into this exciting new tuner, but the design is subject to change. We are accepting orders on the web site. To make sure you have an opportunity to look at the actual...


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