[Amps] Value, part 3 (final)

[Vic K2VCO]

On 7/16/2011 5:52 AM, n2kw at juno.com wrote:

> For example...4-1000A - New (Triton) $1095 ....Used (pulls) Eimac $475
> My best offer for a 4-1000A?  $25 ....(I wonder what RF Parts paid for their "pulls?")

Hi Allen,

This isn't so outrageous. I just sold a bunch of used 4-1000A's for an estate. All I could 
test were the filaments, and I had a buyer who was willing to pick them up. I sold them 
for $25 each.  Who knows how much life, if any, they have in them? The guy probably got a 
few good tubes, but it's a risk. There are a lot of these around, and as far as I know the 
only ham amps they are used in are homebrew ones. So $25 isn't ridiculous.

I have bought s-500Z 'pulls' from a reputable seller who can test them. I received the 
tubes with documentation from a curve tracer. These were about half the price of new ones, 
and it makes sense in this case.
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Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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