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Review Summary For : N4ATS Radio & Amplifier Repair
Reviews: 266MSRP: 65.00 per hour/ rated
Description:
Radio and amplifier repair. Specializing in Yaesu FL-7000 Amplifier Repair and/or Modifications
Product is in production
More Info: http://n4ats.com/
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N5RTG Rating: 2022-05-23
Helped me save my FL7000 AMP Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Bill N4ATS provided me clear concise guidance on new-to-me 4-button FL7000. He also provided follow-up communication and encouragement. Without his diagnosis and support I would be storing a useless but really gorgeous amp. Thanks, Bill!

My cooling fans weren’t cycling on, the amp would go over temp and shut down. He sent me a kit of components for one of the boards, gave very clear directions on which components to swap out and which ones to simply remove.

This was my first time in any amp. W1FE and I had to laugh at Bill’s suggestion, that this was going to be a one hour job. She and I both had done video card swap outs on old desktop machines and the advert on the box would say, easy to do in 45 minutes! Yes true, if you’ve done it before.

The first time it took me 45 minutes to find the board. Finally we looked at Bill’s very good photos, saw photo of the board we were hunting. Eureka! It was the easiest one to get to, once we knew what it looked like. This repair was easy enough to do, worked out really well. The 7000’s fans now cycle on and off, and go to high speed and back to low, doing their job finally.

All good for now, thanks to Bill N4ATS. Worked a station on other side of this continent last night, worked a big 40m net this morning pushing out 500w SSB. Looking fwd to enjoying this amp and it’s a comfort to know the amp guru is available to do the work or support with parts and guidance.

Jim N5RTG
Fleetwood NC
in the Blue Ridge Mountains
W7JBM Rating: 2022-05-02
Mercury III S Amplifier Kit Build Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Bill did a great job on building my Mercury amp kit! He provided good correspondence and the amp was packed really well with lots of foam rubber etc... I would use Bill in heartbeat for any of my future building/troubleshooting needs. W7JBM
K9DNH Rating: 2022-04-07
FL 7000 Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Bill gave me a lot of pointers to add his mods and helped me through the alignment procedures for my FL 7000.
He took time out of his own projects and repairs to just for me. Everything came out just like he planned it. Bill is a real ham.
I can't say enough for the help he gave me on this project.
Tnx, Bill and 73.......... old Phil, K9DNH
W5CIA Rating: 2022-04-06
uct: N4ATS Radio & Amplifier Repair EXCELLENT! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
N4ATS Bill is the best at what he does! I perform many of my own repairs however I send all my heavy lifting to his shop. Extremely quick turn around, fantastic communication with the diagnosis and repairs needed. Cost is more than reasonable. I highly recommend.


73
Steve
W5CIA
W5CIA HAM RADIO PULLS AND PARTS


AB0XS Rating: 2022-04-03
Very helpful, timely service Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I thought I had damaged my RM Italy HLA305v amplifier. Bill came highly recommended by a major vendor. His skills, services, and service procedures were clearly communicated. He evaluated my amp and responded in a very timely manner. Nothing was wrong with it. Bill then communicated with me about other issues in my setup and made recommendations to better meet my needs. So, I too highly recommend Bill. Simply excellent, timely, helpful service at very reasonable cost.
KC9WC Rating: 2022-03-24
Ameritron ALS600 Amplifier. Time Owned: more than 12 months.
After reading Bill's Reviews I made contact with him and described the problem that I was having with my Ameritron ALS600 amplifier. He told me it was probably the FET's. I shipped the unit 03-05-2022 and got it back 03-23-2022. I have been a ham forty years and have sent many pieces of gear to: Icom, Yaesu, MFJ and others. They were gone for months. I'm sure everyone has had the same results. When I opened the boxes the first thing I noticed how well they were packed. The amp and P.S. looked like a new. They are spotless and they operate like new. By the way they are twenty-five years old. Thanks, Bill 73, Marvin KC9WC.
W1WOR Rating: 2022-02-28
Mercury IIIs Amplifier Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Bill built my Mercury IIIs Amplifier for me great work fast service well built
Would have him do repairs and other work for me
Thank You

Rob W1WOR
KA9FCZ Rating: 2022-02-10
RF Concepts 2M amp repair Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Sent my RF Concepts 2m amp to Bill to repair the pre-amp. He repaired it the next day and it was on it's way back to me. Repair cost was very reasonable. His communications were excellent.
Would not hesitate to have him repair for any future needs.
Thanks
Chris KA9FCZ
W5TF Rating: 2021-12-26
RF CONCEPTS AMP REPAIR Time Owned: more than 12 months.
SENT TWO AMPS TO BILL FOR REPAIR, SINCE i COULD NOT PUT RF INTO EITHER AMP THEY WERE FOUND TO BE WORKING TO SPECS.
BILL SET BIAS AND RETURNED IN A VERY SHORT TURN A ROUND TIME.
VERY PLEASED WITH HIS SERVICE, VERY PROFESSIONAL AND HONEST.

THANKS BILL
TERRY W5TF
N5ID Rating: 2021-12-07
Bill is a great guy Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I sent an RM Italy amp to Bill, I thought it had some problems. He checked it out and found that it was working perfect. He did not charge me, what a great guy. In the future I will use him for all my repairs.