------------ ORIGINAL MESSAGE ------------(may be snipped) On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:38:42 -0400, W4TV wrote: >I appreciate tubes but I don't know that I would bet on the long >term availability or their quality/reliability of tubes from BY. REPLY: U agree a lot of tubes may disappear but I suspect the 8877 will be around longer than we will. 73, Bill W6WRT