[Amps] Why hasn't solid state replaced tubes?

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Subject:	[Amps] Why hasn't solid state replaced tubes?
From:	w8ji at contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
Date:	Mon Mar 3 15:13:16 2003

> Please check out R. F. Electronics at:
>
> http://users.aol.com/rfelectron/rfelect.htm
> --


But those are not good amps at all!

They are dirty low-voltage bipolar amps and the devices are pushed pretty
hard. They would never be acceptable for anything but low-power mobile, or
FM or CW. Same with CB amps.

For use at home on large antennas, -20dB IM3 is intolerable.

73 Tom

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