Hi Steve...
I've had good success dealing with Pavel...have bought GS 23b's and
relays. His explanation might sound better if you spoke Russian !
Steve/N7SC
steve d wrote:
> Hi all. I have been researching the gs-35b tube for my amp project. QRO-parts
> is one vendor who sells it and I asked on here a couple weeks ago if anyone
> had experience with them. I got a few replies saying they were OK. So I felt
> a little better about buying from them. I needed to wait a little while
> before purchasing as I am a full time student (the amp is my project for a
> class actually) and $$ flow is a bit short.
>
> While I have been sitting on my purchase I got an e-mail from QRO-parts out
> of the blue last Wed. (note he attached my original inquiry from here) -
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Steve,
>
> You have purchased this tube or not yet?
>
> bst 73s de QRO-Parts.com
>
>
> --------------------------------------
> I am wondering if QRO-parts.com is a decent place to buy from. I see
> they have
> good prices, but all sales are final and no returns. Have any of you
> had
> experience with them?
>
> I am looking for a GS-35b tube. I would like to get a GOOD one and
> not one
> that turns out to be a dud. If you have any leads I would appreciate
> it!
>
> Steve, KC8QVO
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This struck me as a bit odd. I don't know of any store or place that would
> e-mail someone out of the blue wondering when they were going to purchase.
>
> Here is where it gets a bit more weird - in the time I replied to that
> e-mail (basically saying I was waiting a while longer) and when I went to
> purchase the tube yesterday they jerked the price up on the tube. It was
> $90.00+s/h now it is $99.50+s/h. I decided not to buy.
>
> I sent another e-mail to them inquiring as to the price increase and I got
> this reply - the first part really sounds fishy to me -
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Steve
>
> Have many reasons. In a Russian market all electronic tubes come very
> fast to their real cost. You to think for 100$ it is possible to made
> similar electron tube? American Eimac does the worst tubes at the price
>
> 700-1000$
>
> We have a old customers from Los-Alamos National laboratory:
> http://www.jpaw.com/
>
> And they very is very happy with quality/price these GS-35B Power
> triodes.
> It not their real price. We lived in the USSR and has made PA. But we
> could not then to buy this tubes. After the USSR crush these tubes have
>
> been thrown out on local market at the price of metal scrap. But this
> situation cannot lasts long.
>
> QRO-Parts.com
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> So, I am stuck between a rock and a hard place on this now. I was going to
> use a GS-35b tube, but I really do NOT want to deal with QRO-parts. Are there
> any other options? Pulled 8877's? Some other tube(s)? Preferably a triode?
>
> Steve, KC8QVO
>
>
>
>
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