[Amps] $120 tube running a 1500 watt amplifier

[Carl]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Kaidor" <jerry at tr2.com>
To: "Peter Voelpel" <df3kv at t-online.de>
Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] $120 tube running a 1500 watt amplifier


>> Nonsense.
>>
>> That the GS-23B sells on Ebay for 120US$ does not mean that it costs that
>> price if bought new from the factory.
>> An even cheaper tetrode tube at the same power level is the GU43B.
>>
>> Reason you find them cheap is that they were used in military equipment
>
> *** In general, I understand that prices in Russia for *stuff* are about
> the same as here.  Moscow is now known as the most expensive city in the
> world.
>
>  I wonder exactly how big the surplus stock of these tubes is?  I
> remember when it seemed like the world war II stuff here was going to
> last forever.  Even when I got my ham license in 1970it was still
> plentiful and cheap, although clean unmodified ham-band ARC5's were
> getting hard to find.
>
>   It's possible (but not yet decided) that I may be going to Russia next
> year.  If I do, I might try to score some QRO parts.  Not that I really
> *need* another amp, mind you.  My Alpha 78 will probably last the rest
> of my ham career.  But I just love to build things.  And - what do you
> do when travelling?  I've never been a fan of museums....
>
>                              - Jerry Kaidor, KF6VB


Russian military surplus is best found far away from Moscow. I wouldnt shop 
in NYC or LA either.

Carl
KM1H