Man, Tom, you check your connectors every month? I'm definitely not
obsessive-compulsive or anal about them, I usually fire up and do a quick
check to make sure my SWR is near normal. Then, I just have a QSO.
My Astron RS35 is 27 years old, and except when I was stupid and blew the
power regulating transistor, I've never had a problem with it. It supplies
13.1 volts to the 590.