[Amps] Tube amps are not a thing of the past

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Tubes in High Power Amps can take a licking and keep on ticking...but 
not solid state amps devices.  Replacing power MOSFETS in RF pallets is 
much more complicated.


On 6/5/2017 3:46 AM, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
> OTOH as W8HW said, the input of the high power devices is extremely 
> fragile. Over drive and spikes of very short (few Ms) duration that 
> wouldn't faze a tube can be fatal for SS devices.