Single tube USD 699 at WE in Georgia, 879 Euro over here
73
Peter, DJ7WW
-----Original Message-----
From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Sent: Mittwoch, 23. März 2022 15:58
To: Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
Cc: Amplifier Reflector
Subject: 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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