[AMPS] Triton 3-500Z's

[Merit W6NQ]

YOUR RIGHT ON!!!  THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED!!


At 10:46 AM 4/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Robert W. Stankus wrote:
>
>> At one time, Richardson Electronics had an exclusive marketing agreement
>> with Eimac for the USA distribution of their tubes...until they ran
>> afoul of the Justice Department.
>> Their efforts to control the pricing of these tubes brought hoards of
>> protests from other dealers!
>> I do not believe that agreement is in effect today.
>
>That agreement is in effect today. 
>
>Only a few companies who purchased tubes from Eimac before the
>agreeement are exempt. Richardsons bought out every source of
>competition they could. In my opinion (its only a unscientific opinion)
>Richardson's is the main reason tube prices are as high as they are.
>
>When they bought Amperex, 572B prices went out of sight. I recall
>reading a business magazine interview where the owner of Richardson's
>stated his intention was to capture the market, and implied people would
>"pay what they had to pay" to keep old equipment going.
>
>73 Tom
>
>
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