[Amps] solid state amp ?

[David Gow]

My Ameritrom ALS-1306 has been faultless for three years now and has made
many DX contacts on SSB and SSB.  It is not glamorous but the price is
right.  If I really want to hit hard in a contest or pile-up I use my Henry
3KA at the legal limit but the daily driver is the Ameritron.There are
several hams in this area who also use the ALS-1306 and are happy with
them,  It may not be glamorous but it puts our reliable RF with no
microprocessors. It works flawlessly with my IC-7300 for
automatically tracking the transceiver band changes.  .Early on I had
questions and Ameritron service answered them quickly and helpfully.

On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 3:48 PM Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> On 9/25/2021 2:04 PM, Paul Kraemer wrote:
> > I have decided after 60+ years  in the hobby it may be time to try a
> > solid state linear.
>
> Owners of the Elecraft KPA500 and KPA1500 amps, including me, are
> generally quite happy. The KPA1500 has a very good tuner built in, and
> the KAT500 (outboard for the KPA500) also works quite well. Both cover
> 160-6M. Both amps and tuners integrate nicely with non-Elecraft
> products, with lots of presets for multiple antennas on each band,
> instantly detecting frequency and selecting the suitable preset on a
> single dit or tap on the mic. They also accept band data.
>
> Other amps I've owned and used a lot are the Ten Tec 425s (three of them
> in my SO2R contesting station for ten years) and two 87As (for about
> three years). RF sections of both amps were designed by K4XU. The manual
> output network of the 425s has a much greater matching range than the
> auto tuning of the 87As, and both Elecraft tuners have a much wider
> tuning range than either of those tube amps.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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