[Amps] Bad Tubes

[PA3DUV]

I payed Euro 50.- per tube for unused NOS GU74B tubes.
In pairs the GU74B tubes generated 2000 watt+ in my Acom2000A.
Cheers, Dick
PA3DUV



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <lists at w1nr.net>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Bad Tubes


>>  I thought it interesting that Alpha would go with the 8877 with the 
>> price
>> so high. Molly's response (W0MOM) was that a pair of 3CX800A7's was even
>> more expensive and that the 8877 has a large installed commercial base 
>> and
>> would be around for a
>>  long time.
>>
>
> RF parts lists 4CX800's at $349 each so two for legal limit is $698. 
> Eimac
> 8877 is $799 with good MRI pulls in the $250 range.  A new 3CX1500D7 is 
> $695
> direct from Eimac.  I have never been a fan of Russian tubes and now that
> they have raised their prices so high, I will probably never buy one. 
> Given
> their track record and the bad rap they have been getting lately, I can't
> see them in business for long...
>
> Mike, W1NR
>
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