While at Hamvention 2022 I had a chance to see three HF amplifiers. One from Icom another from Flex and the last one from Expert Linears. I made three videos and hope you find them useful. Don't forget the Elecraft HF Amplifier video I have. You can see it here.

Icom PW2 Solid State Amplifier

Taking reservations for this one. Just choose your favorite Ham Radio Outlet or Store.

• Amplifier Type:
• Solid state
• Amplifier Band Coverage: 160-6 meters
• Amplifier Power Output PEP: 1,000 watts
• Amplifier Input Power: 40 watts-55 watts
• Amplifier Supply Voltage: 100 Vac-260 Vac
• Maximum Line Current: 12 A
• External Power Supply: No

Flex Power Genius XL

• Amplifier Feature Highlights:
• 1.8–54 MHz coverage
• Full legal power 1500W (100% duty cycle ICAS), in all modes, up to 2000W
  First ever MEffA™ system (Maximum Efficiency Algorithm) control efficiency as a function of output power
• Fully SO2R capable — 70dB nominal isolation between exciter inputs
• Smart control of cooling — real-time settings of drain voltage, drive and fan speed for best thermal performance
• Exceptional spurious performance owing to diplexed filters for carrier and harmonics
• Ultrafast SWR protection
• Remote control with desktop application in LAN or WAN networks

Expert Linears 1.5 - FA

• Powerful: solid 1.5kW in on on all modes.
• Very Light: about 10 to 11 kgs   (23 to 24 lbs).
• Very Small: H 12, W 28, D 36 cm. (H4.72" X W11.2" X D17"approx
•  Frequency Coverage: 1.8 mHz to 54 mHz, including WARCs.
• All Ham bands from 160M thru 6M. Including 60m & WARC
•  Manages 4 antennas automatically & ATU can be bypassed
• ATU tunes up to 5:1 SWR
• Automatically switches between 2 transceivers
• Switching PS, needs no internal changes for 100VAC to 255VAC operation
• Very quiet switching PS.
• Operates full power on 240Vac or 120Vac just change AC plug.
• Less than 20A on 120Vac and less than 10A on 240Vac.
• Operates on 100Vac continuously through 255Vac.

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Sources:

Icom PW2 Solid State Amp - DX Engineering

Flex PG XL

Expert Linears