[CQ-Contest] contesting amps

[Pete Michaelis - N8TR]

At 10:45 PM 12/18/2008, Kelly Taylor wrote:

>I get the sense that the Ameritrons are more suited to the casual, crank it
>up for that rare one, DXer, but have doubts about their hardiness for 48
>hours of use.

I would like to echo what others have said about the Ameritron AL-1200.
I have had mine since early in 1985 (serial # 089).  It has been used in
many, many contests both at my QTH and elsewhere without any problems.
Since the early 90's it has been driven by my Yaesu FT-1000
Being an early version it is a bit noisier than later ones but it 
still puts out as
much power as the day I got it.

73 Pete - N8TR