Hi Jim Had some early release Svetlana 8874's here a couple of years ago. Worked fine, idling current was a little lower than the Eimac tubes. Paul PAUL HEWITT WD7S PRODUCTIONS QRO HOMEBREW COMPONENTS http://wd7s.home.att.net > > ...on one of the swap > reflectors someone was > selling a Euro equivilant for > the 8874 - I didn't think > those had been produced....thoughts? > > K4OJ >