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

[Tom Rauch]

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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