[Amps] "I gotta tell this"

[Vic K2VCO]

Bill Turner wrote:
> When I have as much money to spend as the broadcast, commercial and
> military I too will go solid state. For now, tubes are more
> cost-effective at the ~1500 watt level. The minute that changes you
> will see a mass migration of hams to solid state, including me.

If one of the features that you consider a must-have is the ability to 
change bands in less than a second, then the picture changes.  An 
autotune tube amplifier is much more complicated and expensive than a 
solid-state unit with switchable output filters.
-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco