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Re: [Amps] Why are 833s so Expensive

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Why are 833s so Expensive
From: Roger <roger@rogerhalstead.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:50:15 -0400
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On 9/27/2010 11:49 AM, Radio WC6W wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
>   Perhaps because they are used here:
>
> http://www.wavac-audio.jp/sh833_e.shtml

I'm sorry for the delay in answering by I was injured by flying glass 
when my BS meter exploded.

73

Roger (K8RI)

>
>   which retails for $175,000
>
> 73&  Good morning,
>    Marv WC6W
>
> http://qsl.net/wc6w/
>
>
> --- On Sun, 9/26/10, Roger<roger@rogerhalstead.com>  wrote:
>
>> From: Roger<roger@rogerhalstead.com>
>> Subject: [Amps] Why are 833s so Expensive
>> To: amps@contesting.com
>> Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 5:28 PM
>> Subject pretty much says it
>> all.  833s are running over $125 ($258 for a
>> pair) each although they vary from $100 to $200 each on
>> e-bay. I don't
>> know if they are selling any, but the price has been that
>> way since last
>> spring.
>>
>> OTOH the RUSSIAN GU-81s (similar to, but not quite as
>> strange looking as
>> the 833) are running from $22 to over $100 (typical $35 to
>> $45 USD) plus
>> shipping which is roughly $20.  Now there is a monster
>> that will help
>> heat the shack with it's warm glow.<:-)) A pair is good
>> for close to
>> the legal limit out without forced air.  OTOH they are
>> definitely not
>> the first choice for VHF.<:-))  Still, a pair would
>> look great running
>> in a glass enclosure.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Roger (K8RI)
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