[Amps] GS35B Amps Common Problem / few more comments

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 15:26:21 -0600
From: Jim <jimw7ry at gmail.com>
To: amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] GS35B Amps Common Problem / few more comments

<Agreed! 8877 is one the the BEST tubes for ham radio.

<LOTS of them out there and available. Hams bought many of them for 
<spares that never got used; Because the 8877 was such a robust tube. 
<Most 8877 tubes got babied... Except for contesting... But there is 
<testimonial from K3LR's large and busy contest station below. So even in 
<a contesting environment, the 8877 goes STRONG!

<8877/3CX1500A7 hard to beat!

<Thanks
<73
<Jim W7RY

##  Buy  the cheap 8877s   while  u  can. 

## ameritron  wants $1080.00  for a chinese 8877.    And an insane $2875.00  for  an Eimac  8877.    WTF ? 

##  Meanwhile a  NEW greenstone  3CX-3000A7  is  $769.95  from  henry  radio.   http://www.ebaystores.com/Henry-Radio/_i.html?_nkw=3cx3000A7&submit=Search&_sid=13685658

##  Econco  tells  me  they  can  now  rebuild   chinese and svetlana  3cx3000A7s....  +  a ton  of  other chinese  +  svetlana   metal  triodes...and  tetrodes. 

##  3CX-3000A7     50  watts  drive  =  1500w  out.   Fil  V  can  be  reduced  by 15%.   Tube  last..forever.  

Jim  VE7RF