As someone pointed out, there is less differentiation potential among amplifiers than there is among transceivers. MFJ recently had an ad for a solid-state, all-band, amplifier that was not yet type approved. I haven't seen much since that first ad. It looked pretty compact and was described as capable of reading band-data input and switching bands automatically. It was also described as having discrete power modules instead of a block so that you could replace the bad one and not have to replace 'em all. Now, that said, MFJ doesn't exactly have a sterling reputation for quality and reliability. But, I think they have the right idea, here. My new K3 seems to be working just fine with both the 87A and Centurion, so I have no beef. If there was an auto-bandswitching, all-solid-state amp that took up less space, I'd be interested.
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