6LQ6 Tubes FS

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Jim...I  guess  that  reality  is  striking  you...Sweep  tube  prices  are
 out  of  sight...Check  the  web  pages  of  the  tube  suppliers  and
the Antique  Radio  Prices...$25  ea  is  cheap  they  go  upwards  to  $40
 as  none  are  being  made  like  the  811A...  When  gone  they  are
gone!!!!!!! Then  no  more  Drake  tubes  no  more Swan  tubes  etc etc....
 Reality  check  guy!!!!   Bob  K1JNN/5

At 07:36 PM 3/15/98 -0800, Jim Strohm wrote:
>I have to remark on this....
>
>"Jay H. Miller" <jmiller at TELETEAM.NET> writes:
>
>>I have eight (8) 6LQ6/6JE6C tubes for sale as a lot.
>>   [minimal snippage]
>>Best offer over $200.
>
>WOW!
>
>I compared this price for sweep tubes with what
>the same amount of cash would buy in terms of
>real transmitting devices -- cheap Soviet 811As,
>or cheap MRF454s scraped up from the from Arizona
>desert...the extra power per buck for the NEW stuff was
>staggering.  Do we really want to keep escalating the
>price of NOS tubes?
>
>Of course, this is definitely NOT the forum for
>nay-saying the joys of tubes, but c'mon, let's
>be realistic (no, not THOSE tubes) about the
>prices we ask and pay for tubes.  This is
>NOT the audiophile maillist.  Yet.
>
>If I start getting nostalgic for glow-in-the-dark rigs,
>I'll put a perforated screen on the top of my solid-state
>amp and duct-tape a few ultraviolet fluorescent tubes in there.
>
>Apply SSB, and voila, instant 866A flashing glow!
>
>Since I live in Texas, the extra shack heat
>is a pleasure I can forego 11 months out of the year.
>
>Jim N6OTQ
>hoping we can all remember that it's a hobby
>and it's supposed to be fun
>
>Jim Strohm
>jstrohm at texas.net
>
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