[Amps] Stock up on tubes?

[Bill Turner]

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On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 06:19:20 -0600, K5UH wrote:

>As hams drink the solid state kool-aide and rush out to unload their
>perfectly good tube gear and buy dinky little light weight plastic
>boxes with heat sinks, the rest of us reap the benefits of the free
>market lowering prices due to a glut of vacuum tube equipment.   Let
>them complete their slide into glorified CB.

REPLY:

The same attitude was common when transceivers moved from tubes to
solid state.

How did that work out?

73, Bill W6WRT