[TenTec] 4cx800s - GU74b

[John]

Very wise, Duane.  I put off buying a pair when they were going for 40-75 
bucks a piece....ouch....
Let's hope the old 91B doesn't quit for a while.

73 John K4NP


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Calvin" <ac5aa1 at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
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Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 4cx800s - GU74b


> Sure glad I bought a spare pair from Tom Hix before he shuffled off.
>
>   73, Duane
>
> Sent from my iPod
> Duane C.
>
> On Dec 19, 2008, at 2:59 PM, ac9s at mchsi.com wrote:
>
>> I was a little loose with the terminology when I posed the question
>> on the Alpha forum.  My 99 uses GU74bs and that is what Alpha
>> evidently will be providing again.  It is good news for those of us
>> with an investment in amps using the tubes.  By the way, when I
>> think of a 1500 watt amp I think of something like an Alpha - 1500
>> watts all day long into a dummy load at Dayton - although an
>> occasional RTTY contest is the closest any of us will likely come to
>> that.  There have been lots of fine amps in the last decade using
>> the GU74b and hopefully with tubes available again the amps will
>> remain viable for a long time.
>>
>> Keith
>> AC9S
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