[Amps] GS35B Amps Common Problem / few more comments

[Jim]

Add another $375.00 for a socket!

You can buy an couple of 8877s for that much. Not to mention the 386 
watt filament.

To each their own.

3xc3000 amplifiers are very large and noisy. So you have to put them in 
a separate room. Which is fine if you have that available.


Thanks
73
Jim W7RY

On 11/6/2019 7:57 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> 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
>
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