[Amps] Which hearhkit amp would you choose?

[Rob Atkinson]

The reality is that with every commercially manufactured amp there are
pros and cons.  Each one has its own set of things the mfr. cheaped
out on.   This is somewhat less the case with high end amps made back
before around 1980.   the reason is that if someone made a genuinely
professional grade continuous duty amp no ham would buy it because the
watt to dollar ratio would be at least one to ten, may be one to 15 or
20.

So, you get something you can improve.   Look for an amp with a big
cabinet--good components take up space.   Old Henrys have a bit of
wriggle room.   Or plan on getting an amp like the 220 but putting the
chassis on a shelf in a rack and letting your added extras spill out
on to shelves and chassis under it, in front of, or beside it.
Ultimately the 220 will become unrecongizable but it will have served
as a sort of starting template.   Obviously the idea isn't to have
this beautiful pretty amp but to have something that provides an
education.  Ham radio is full of ops with beautiful rigs they know
nothing about.

Rob
K5UJ