Add another $375.00 for a socket!
You can buy an couple of 8877s for that much. Not to mention the 386
watt filament.
To each their own.
3xc3000 amplifiers are very large and noisy. So you have to put them in
a separate room. Which is fine if you have that available.
Thanks
73
Jim W7RY
On 11/6/2019 7:57 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 15:26:21 -0600
From: Jim <jimw7ry@gmail.com>
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] GS35B Amps Common Problem / few more comments
<Agreed! 8877 is one the the BEST tubes for ham radio.
<LOTS of them out there and available. Hams bought many of them for
<spares that never got used; Because the 8877 was such a robust tube.
<Most 8877 tubes got babied... Except for contesting... But there is
<testimonial from K3LR's large and busy contest station below. So even in
<a contesting environment, the 8877 goes STRONG!
<8877/3CX1500A7 hard to beat!
<Thanks
<73
<Jim W7RY
## Buy the cheap 8877s while u can.
## ameritron wants $1080.00 for a chinese 8877. And an insane $2875.00
for an Eimac 8877. WTF ?
## Meanwhile a NEW greenstone 3CX-3000A7 is $769.95 from henry radio.
http://www.ebaystores.com/Henry-Radio/_i.html?_nkw=3cx3000A7&submit=Search&_sid=13685658
## Econco tells me they can now rebuild chinese and svetlana
3cx3000A7s.... + a ton of other chinese + svetlana metal triodes...and
tetrodes.
## 3CX-3000A7 50 watts drive = 1500w out. Fil V can be reduced
by 15%. Tube last..forever.
Jim VE7RF
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