Back in the mid to late 70's I was paying $305USD for new, Eimac
3CX1500A7/8877 and that was supposed to be wholesale. They were
retailing around $500 IIRC. Now they list (last I looked) at $800 USD plus.
73
Roger (K8RI)
Alex Malyava wrote:
> Wow,
> I remember the times, back in dorm around 1995, when we - cheap
> Ukrainian students - were buying GU-50 tubes for 50-60 cents or so...
> the only tube we could afford :)
> I was also told that exchange ratio that time was something like a
> gallon of homemade "moonshine" for a box of GU-50s.
> That's probably a reason why 3xGU-50 amp design was so popular - you
> get 200W output cheaper than dirt :)
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Roger <sub1@rogerhalstead.com> wrote:
>
>> Tony Brock-Fisher wrote:
>>
>>> OK, so how about 3CX1200A7 at $1139? ('Special Price' at RF Parts)
>>>
>>> ...or, a GS-35B at $129 ('Buy It Now') !!
>>>
>>>
>> You can get the GS35B new for $109, or 6 for $100 each.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Roger (K8RI)
>>
>>> (No wonder the AL-1200's are getting retubed Russian style!)
>>>
>>> -Tony, K1KP
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