[Amps] Tube Prices

[PA3DUV]

GU74B NOS tetrode tubes went for 50 Euro in Friedrichshafen last June. 2 
units: 1.6 kW plate dissipation for 100 Euro.
The GU84B tetrode tube (2.5 kW plate dissipation) sold for Euro 180.-

Our friend Viktor Tkackenko from the Ukraine offered unlimited quantities 
and premium quality. The 4 nos GU74B I bought were tested in my Acom2000A HF 
amp and delivered 2 kW carrier in any combination.
The 2 GU84B tubes I bought off Victor Tkachenko last year generated 6 kW 
carrier with 68 watt drive.

Cheers, Dick



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R L Measures" <r at somis.org>
To: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji at w8ji.com>
Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Tube Prices


>
> On Jul 30, 2006, at 9:49 AM, Tom W8JI wrote:
>
>>> in. We should blame ourselves for not wanting to pay the
>>> high prices for better quality north american or European
>>> brands of tubes which were available all along.
>>
>> Actually a good bit of the blame falls on Richardson's
>> Electronics and their policy of absorbing all the small
>> manufacturers and dealers, and the poor decision by Eimac to
>> allow a outright competitor to be the sole distributor of
>> Eimac tubes.
>>
>> The Justice Department should have stopped all the buy-ups
>> before they ruined the tube market prematurely. Eimac should
>> have kept some independent distributors.
>
> Good point, Tom.  As I understand it the DOJ came close to going
> after Eddie Ricardson and Eimac under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
>>
>> China would have come along anyway, Richardson's just sped
>> the process up by inflating prices.
>>
>> 73 Tom
>>
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