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

[Keith LaBorde - K4KAL]

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----- Original Message -----
From: <TimNebo at aol.com>
To: <w8ji at contesting.com>
Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Why hasn't solid state replaced tubes?


> In a message dated 3/3/03 9:24:23 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> w8ji at contesting.com writes:
>
> > It would be easy to build a solid state amp capable of 3-4Kw, and baby
it at
> > 1500 watts. The price wouldn't be any different than people pay now for
> > autotune amps
>
>
> theres a lot of illegal cb type solid-state amps that are 3-4kw and even
> more. i suspect one could be cleaned up enough to be suitable for the
amateur
> bands if you were willing to feed it all the current it needs to run. some
of
> these guys use up to 8 alternators under the hood for these beast.
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