[TenTec] amp dollar/watt ratios

[Bill NY9H]

interesting....
used titan 1   $1400   about a 1 a watt
used  herc II    $  900    about    1.80 a watt
               oops  add a ps ...$$.300-400...

because tubes put out more watts !!!!  ????


bill

At 04:53 PM 12/8/03, you wrote:

>SGC SG500 $2.60 per watt.
>PW1 and Quadra around 4 dollars per watt.  (these are $4K ea. right?)
>Centurion $1.66/watt.  Okay, now it's more like $1.83/watt.
>Titan III $2.33/watt
>(based on list prices rounded off.)
>
>You just flat-out always get more watts for ur money with tubes.  Now, 
>that may change in the future, and for now if you have the bucks for solid 
>state, FB.    I guess it's a matter of operator style.  I don't make 
>sudden wide QSY changes; I park somewhere for a few hours and 
>ragchew.  Therefore manual tuning is okay for me.  In fact, I kind of 
>enjoy it.  Part of the ham experience and allows me to keep my eye on how 
>the gear is doing.  I liken it to the feel you get in an automobile with 
>manual transmission.
>
>Rob Atkinson
>K5UJ
>
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