[Amps] Western Electric

[Jim]

Where do they sell these tubes? eBay? Retail? How much for a 300B?

Thanks, 73, Jim W7RY

On 3/23/2022 9:44 AM, Jim W7RY wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 10:28 PM Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP 
> <k2vco.vic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     It's not the historical Western Electric. Like many other well-known
>     brand names, the name and logo were sold.
>
>     Wikipedia says "As of 2013, the stylized Western Electric brand name
>     survives as the trademark of the Western Electric Export
>     Corporation, a
>     privately owned high-end audio company in Rossville, Georgia."
>
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Electric>
>
>     73,
>     Victor, 4X6GP
>     Rehovot, Israel
>     CWops #5
>     Formerly K2VCO
>     https://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
>     On 23/03/2022 1:22, Alek Petkovic wrote:
>     > Summed it up beautifully there Leigh.
>     >
>     > I clicked the link and my heart sank in the same way.
>     >
>     > The reason, of course, is that the audio people seem to love the
>     idea of
>     > paying premium prices, whereas we hams have a different mindset.
>     >
>     > 73, Alek, VK6APK
>     >
>     > On 23/03/2022 7:08 am, Leigh Turner wrote:
>     >> Unfortunately this explorative initiative here is skewed entirely
>     >> towards the mainstream audiophile tube market…sadly not the ham
>     radio
>     >> transmitting tube market for 3-500Z, 572B, 811A, 3CX800A7,
>     3CX1500A7/
>     >> 8877, 4CX1000A, 4CX1500B, etc  ☹
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> Reconstituting the tooling, materials, and knowhow to produce
>     these Tx
>     >> tubes to the former Eimac quality standard would be an
>     overreaching
>     >> bridge too far….
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> Leigh
>     >>
>     >> VK5KLT / VK5LT
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> -----Original Message-----
>     >> From: Amps <amps-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Gary
>     >> Sent: Wednesday, 23 March 2022 9:01 AM
>     >> To: Amps group <amps at contesting.com>
>     >> Subject: [Amps] Western Electric
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> In case someone hasn't seen this. Western Electric is looking
>     to get
>     >> back into the domestic tube market, and they are looking into what
>     >> tubes to produce. You can see more and make suggestions here:
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>   <https://www.westernelectric.com/expand>
>     >> https://www.westernelectric.com/expand
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> 73,
>     >>
>     >> Joe kk0sd
>     >>
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