[Amps] Dedicated RF / tube query

[Carl]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Gudguyham at aol.com>
To: <w7why at frontier.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Dedicated RF / tube query


>
>
> In a message dated 8/4/2012 5:12:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> w7why at frontier.com writes:
>
> Also I'm  curious about the rationale for using two little puppies in
> parallel  instead of a single 3CX1500A7/8877 tube...it sounds like you 
> have
> given  this key decision a lot of thought?
>
> I think Dan mentioned in another posting that he had a good supply of 
> these
> tubes already and he said that his price was very good, and went on to say
> that  the price others give on these tubes that he can buy 2 of them for
> that  price. 9so it seemed)  Surely there is nothing wrong with a pair of
> these tubes.  I got the impression he DID NOT want to source Chinese 
> 8877's.
> It's still up in the air if the new QRO-TECH 8877 amp has a  Chinese tube 
> in
> it.  The Alpha 8877 amp does.


And Ameritron gives you a choice.