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

[w2fca at cs.com]

Maybe I'm cynical, but during some contests I could almost swear the technique was - 
1. Set drive half of max.
2. Operate contest.
3. If somebody else gets +/- 5 kHz increase drive 1 notch.
4. Go to #2.

The "diathermy" method of holding a frequency.

Frank
W2FCA


"Ian White, G3SEK" <G3SEK at ifwtech.co.uk> wrote:
>Occasionally, someone would whine "But I'm only an amateur"... as if 
>that was some kind of excuse for ****ing on other people's QSOs. My 
>standard reply was: "There's a guy in the next town who left school at 
>14 and chops meat for a living. He cleaned up his signal, so why can't 
>you?"
>Well, why can't anybody?