[Amps] Dedicated RF / tube query

[Leigh Turner]

Yes indeed Dick....instant-on thoriated tungsten filament tubes are nice!

But alas, the rather pricey 3CX1200 can't be second-sourced :-(

Leigh
VK5KLT

-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Richard Solomon
Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 1:09 PM
To: amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Dedicated RF / tube query

Or better yet, one or two 3CX1200's.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Leigh Turner
<invertech at frontierisp.net.au> wrote:

>
> Hi Dan,
>
> Not that it matters much, but are you absolutely certain that the current
> 3CX800/3CPX800A7 tube products sourced from CPI are not of Chinese origin
> and instead supplied to CPI under an OEM outsourcing supply agreement with
> bespoke Eimac labelling / badging done by the China tube factory?
>
> 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?
>
> Leigh
> VK5KLT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Dan Simmonds
> Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 9:30 AM
> To: garyk9gs at wi.rr.com
> Cc: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Dedicated RF
>
> Gary, this is a myth, quite frankly, saying the days of this tube are
> numbered. Do you have facts to back this up?
>
> From experience I'll share with you that I can cut a Purchase Order to
> Eimac (CPI) tomorrow for any number of 3CPX800 tubes and receive them
> about 90 days later. No-one in Palo Alto, CA has mentioned anything to
> me about stopping production of this model.
>
> I'm trying hard not to turn this into an advertisement, but for
> comparison, we sell the identical tubes you mention (CPI / Eimac) for
> under $700 new - and my invoiced cost per-tube from CPI is well below 
> this.
>
> Genuine Eimacs - not Chinese, etc.
>
> Dan  KK3AN
>

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