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

[af4mp at mindspring.com (Zyg Skrobanski)]

At 10:53 AM 3/3/03 -0500, you wrote:

>This all makes sense to me, but I was a little uncertain about Tom's 
>comments about tubes being on the way out.

All new AM broadcast transmitters are now solid state, as well as many FM
and TV transmitters too.

>that high-power solid state amplifiers for amateur use haven't come very 
>far since (pardon the phonetic spelling) Helge Granberg's cover article in 
>QST maybe 25 years ago.

Please check out R. F. Electronics at:

http://users.aol.com/rfelectron/rfelect.htm
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Zyg AF4MP
Roswell GA USA