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[Amps] Fw: Western Electric

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Subject: [Amps] Fw: Western Electric
From: Bob Gibson via Amps <amps@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Bob Gibson <w5rg@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:48:34 +0000 (UTC)
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Matched pair $1499..

   73s Bob W5RG
 

   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Jim <jimw7ry@gmail.com>To: Victor 
Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco.vic@gmail.com>Cc: Amplifier Reflector 
<amps@contesting.com>Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 10:28:09 AM CDTSubject: 
Re: [Amps] Western Electric
 Where do they sell these tubes? eBay? Retail? How much for a 300B?

Thanks, 73, Jim W7RY

On 3/23/2022 9:44 AM, Jim W7RY wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 10:28 PM Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP 
> <k2vco.vic@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>    It's not the historical Western Electric. Like many other well-known
>    brand names, the name and logo were sold.
>
>    Wikipedia says "As of 2013, the stylized Western Electric brand name
>    survives as the trademark of the Western Electric Export
>    Corporation, a
>    privately owned high-end audio company in Rossville, Georgia."
>
>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Electric>
>
>    73,
>    Victor, 4X6GP
>    Rehovot, Israel
>    CWops #5
>    Formerly K2VCO
>    https://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
>    On 23/03/2022 1:22, Alek Petkovic wrote:
>    > Summed it up beautifully there Leigh.
>    >
>    > I clicked the link and my heart sank in the same way.
>    >
>    > The reason, of course, is that the audio people seem to love the
>    idea of
>    > paying premium prices, whereas we hams have a different mindset.
>    >
>    > 73, Alek, VK6APK
>    >
>    > On 23/03/2022 7:08 am, Leigh Turner wrote:
>    >> Unfortunately this explorative initiative here is skewed entirely
>    >> towards the mainstream audiophile tube market…sadly not the ham
>    radio
>    >> transmitting tube market for 3-500Z, 572B, 811A, 3CX800A7,
>    3CX1500A7/
>    >> 8877, 4CX1000A, 4CX1500B, etc  ☹
>    >>
>    >>
>    >> Reconstituting the tooling, materials, and knowhow to produce
>    these Tx
>    >> tubes to the former Eimac quality standard would be an
>    overreaching
>    >> bridge too far….
>    >>
>    >>
>    >> Leigh
>    >>
>    >> VK5KLT / VK5LT
>    >>
>    >>
>    >> -----Original Message-----
>    >> From: Amps <amps-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Gary
>    >> Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2022 9:01 AM
>    >> To: Amps group <amps@contesting.com>
>    >> Subject: [Amps] Western Electric
>    >>
>    >>
>    >> In case someone hasn't seen this. Western Electric is looking
>    to get
>    >> back into the domestic tube market, and they are looking into what
>    >> tubes to produce. You can see more and make suggestions here:
>    >>
>    >>
>    >>   <https://www.westernelectric.com/expand>
>    >> https://www.westernelectric.com/expand
>    >>
>    >>
>    >>
>    >> 73,
>    >>
>    >> Joe kk0sd
>    >>
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