[CQ-Contest] Need advice re amps/setups for contesting

[Timothy.Urban at wc.ey.com]

Need Advice: I am running a modern 100W transceiver (equipped w autotuner)
to a 25' high G5RV.

For contests the 100W to a mediocre antenna often produces frustrating
"little gun" experiences, especially on ssb contests.

I know antenna upgrades would be best but can't significantly improve my
ant situation due to HOA ordinances.

I have several conventional tube amps (eg Heathkit, Kenwood) and heavy duty
ant tuners (eg TT) used for noncontesting, but for hunt + pounce operation
all the constant retuning of amps/ant tuners etc is inefficient. This is
complicated by fact that when changing bands, the manual ant tuners don't
produce perfectly repeatable swr on preset knob settings.  Also, old amps
won't QSK properly w the transceiver on CW.

So, starting w a 100W transceiver and a G5RV, if you're willing to invest
in new equipment, what is the state of the art in amps/tuners for
seamlessly getting multiband legal power out for both ssb and qsk cw?

Thx in advance for any ideas,

Tim
N5IIT

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