Article seems to rely on the influence of belonging to a club. The two clubs that I was a member of were cliquey closed inter circle boomer gatekeepers.
ATR 30 3KW tuner here, along with a Vectronics dummy load and several antenna switches. Tuner handles 1.2 KW From Ameritron AL 572 amp all day long. Low cost vacuum tube amps will be the big loss for new hams.
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