[Amps] Ameritron Amps

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> why would one spend $850 on a AL-811H when you can find a 
> 30L-1 for considerably less?  

Can you walk into the local amateur radio store or pick up 
the phone and call HRO to order a 30L-1 at the same price? 
The 30L-1 also lacks 160 meters, tuned inputs and does not 
work well with modern solid state transceivers.  What about 
160 meters?  

> An AL82 for $1300 instead of a L4B? 

Try to find an L4B "off the shelf."  What about 160 meters 
and T/R switch compatibility with modern solid state amplifiers?

> Come on guys, you're smoking that cheap stuff.

Ameritron were built to meet a price point and market need.  If 
the 30L-1 or L4-B were available new today, their price would be 
more than twice what of the AL-811H or AL-82. 

You do not have to like Ameritron but as far as I know they are 
the only ones still building amateur amplifiers with glass tubes.  

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV