When I have as much money to spend as the broadcast, commercial and military I
too will go solid state. For now, tubes are more cost-effective at the ~1500
watt level. The minute that changes you will see a mass migration of hams to
solid state, including me.
Bill, W6WRT
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On 3/29/2006 at 11:47 AM N7HIY wrote:
>the broadcast, commercial and military transmitter industry has long ago
>switched from archaic tube amplifier technology to solid state devices.
>we, ham radio, are the laggards in the change of technology
>even the Russian and Chinese hams are leading the US hams in the change
>we will go QRP from lack of energy and oil long before the few thousand
>hams
>that run tube amps run out of replacements
>
>Cliff N7HIY
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