Specifications

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For your nearest AMERITRON dealer: Call 1-800-713-3550
For Technical Information or parts order: Call [phone]
For service, return amplifier with letter of explanation to: AMERITRON, 116 Willow Road, Starkville, MS 39759, USA.
All products manufactured by AMERITRON have a one year limited warranty. Ameritron’s AL-80B amplifier carries a
two year limited warranty. *All transmitter tubes are warranted by the tube manufacturers. Prices and specifications
subject to change without notice or obligation.*Except as noted.
(c) 2011 AMERITRON Catalog 0811.
AMERITRON EXTENDED WARRANTY PLAN
Ameritron’s extended warranty plan is
the same as the original warranty, just
extended for the amount of months
described on your purchase invoice. The
extended warranty warrants to the pur-
chaser that if the product should fail during
the agreed term, Ameritron has the option
to repair or replace part (s) except tube and
output transistors) and provide necessary
labor free of charge. Warranty repair can
only be done at the Ameritron facility.
Purchaser must return defective product to
Ameritron prepaid in its original packing or
equivalent. Ameritron is not re-sponsible
for loss or damage due to shipping.
WHAT IS COVERED
Necessary labor done at Ameritron to
repair the product back to specifications.
Return shipping (within the United States
at Ameritron’s choice of shipping) with
insurance at replacement cost.
WHAT IS NOT COVERED
Repairs done by unauthorized
Ameritron facility. Returning of product
to Ameritron facility. Shipping and labor
to replace light bulbs and fuses accessible
by the owner. Parts damaged due to ship-
ping damage. Parts damaged due to mis-
use, neglect, intentional, accidental or
improper installation. Cosmetic defects,
dents, scratches, peeling, rusting, corrosion
and chips. Maintenance and cleaning.
Flood, fire, lightning and any other act of
nature. PA tubes and RF Output
Transistors (shipping and labor are cov-
ered). Unauthorized modifications made
to the product. Returning of product with
no problem detected. Return shipping is
NOT covered on products sent in for serv-
ices listed under “What is NOT covered”.
HOW TO ORDER
If your Ameritron product is still within
its original warranty, contact Ameritron by
phone, fax, mail or email with model of
product, serial number, date of purchase
and dealer purchased from.
If your
Ameritron
product
was pur-
chased
used or is
out of its
original
warranty,
the product
will need
to be sent
to Amer-
itron production facility prepaid shipping
for evaluation.
Call 1-800-713-3550. Use the chart
(right) to order a one year or two year
extended warranty plan. For full details
of the warranty plan, contact Ameritron
direct, 1-662-323-8211. Customer must
contact the Ameritron factory before ship-
ping. Ship to address: Ameritron, 116
Willow Road, Starkville, MS 39759.
Amp
Model #
AL-1500
AL-1200
AL-82
AL-572
AL-80B
AL-800
AL-800H
AL-811
AL-811H
ALS-600
ALS-500M
ATR-30
1 Year ext.
Warranty
$129.00
$129.00
$124.00
$89.00
$89.00
$89.00
$129.00
$69.00
$79.00
$69.00
$49.00
$29.00
2 Year ext.
Warranty
$250.00
$250.00
$240.00
$160.00
$160.00
$160.00
$249.00
$129.00
$149.00
$129.00
$95.00
$55.00
The RCS-12 is an automatic remote
antenna switch. It reads information from
the transceiver and selects the pre-pro-
grammed antenna automatically. Pro-
gramming is as easy as a push of a button.
It works with most Icom,Yaesu, Kenwood
and other rigs that have a band data output
line. It has a manual/automatic switch that
will allow manual selection of antennas as
well. It has eight LEDs to indicate which
antenna is selected.
RCS-12 stops expensive antenna
switching damage. No HOT switching
with the RCS-12! It's late at night, there's
a run of stations going, and the operator
pushes a button. SWR shoots up! Even if
the SWR Watch Protection kicks in, you
still lose your run frequency while you
look to see what happened, if you notice
at all! At best you only lose your run fre-
quency; at worse you lose an amplifier or
antenna switch.
You've learned a painful lesson! The
cost of a blown bandswitch or antenna
relay pales in comparison to the price of a
contest. You'll never know if this was your
year because a split-second error turned
you from a winner to a loser. It's another
year before you can try again.
With a properly connected and pro-
grammed RCS-12 it is impossible to pick
the wrong antenna. It is impossible to
damage equipment by switching antennas
while transmitting.
Yo u no longer have to hover over guest
operators like a mother hen; RCS-12 will
not let them make an antenna switching
mistake. Ameritron’s RCS-12 is compati-
ble with virtually any antenna
switching system. It works
with BCD or one-of-eight out-
puts, and is fully compatible
with 12 or 24 volt relay sys-
tems.
RCS-12 can handle directional control
of two four-squares, or one four-square
along with an assortment of other anten-
nas. It can handle up to eight individual
antennas. Any single position or combina-
tion of positions can be programmed for
any particular band. The operator pushes
an antenna selector button and the RCS-12
takes over.
The RCS 12 monitors the amplifier
keying line. It prohibits antenna relay
transfers while your amplifier is active.
Simultaneously, it remembers what anten-
na function the operator called for.
It switches at the first amplifier
drop. It holds the amp off until
switching is complete and relays are
settled.
It monitors the band data from
radios. The internal band decoder
knows which groups of switch posi-
tions are allowed on each band. It
prevents a distracted operator from
picking the wrong switch position.
When the radio changes bands the
RCS-12 goes to the last antenna used
for that band.
RCS-12 makes it impossible to
put the radio on the wrong antenna.
It’s impossible to switch relays while
the amplifier is on, whether you are
switching stacks, directions, or
antenna arrays or any combination of
the three. RCS-12 works with four-
squares, stacking systems, directional
arrays and other combos of up to 8
antenna selections.
Measures 8
1
/4Wx2
1
/4Hx7D”. 1.5 lbs.
RCS-12, $309.95 includes automatic
controller and 8 position relay box. Covers
DC to 100 Mhz and handles over 5KW @
50 ohm below 30 MHZ. Powered with 10-
15VDC or with 120VAC adaptor, includ-
ed. Order RCS-12X for 220VAC opera-
tion.
RCS-12L, $349.95 RCS-12 with light-
ning surge protection.
RCS-12C, $239.95. Automatic
Controller only. 110VAC, compatable with
RCS-8V/RCS-10 outdoor relay boxes.
*Not compatible with Kenwood TS-
480, or TS-2000 transceivers.
AMERITRON Automatic Remote Antenna Coax Switch
RCS-12C
$
239
95
Suggested Retail
Automatically reads data from your transceiver and selects up to 8 pre-programmed antennas . . .
AMERITRON is an authorized Eimac
(R)
Tube Distributor . . .
DB-13D
DB-7DI
DB-7DK
DB-DB8MK
DB-DBY
DB-8MY
DB-8MY2
DB-8DY
For Icom 706, 7000, 718 rigs
For Icom ACC 2
For Kenwood TS-2000, 570, 870
For Kenwood TS-480
For Yaesu FT-847 CAT Port
For Yaesu FT-847 Tune Port
For Yaesu FT-897/857/100/817/840/890/990
For ALL Yaesu rigs with 8 Pin CAT
RCS-12 to Rig pre-wired Cables . . . $24.95
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