RCA phono RF Connector

[Charles W. Morehouse]

Sandy,
Another amen on the valves. Bought 6 china 12AU7's from Antique Electronics. Tested them on
my TT-1A and the word you used applied. Not one met specs so I sent them back. No more china
valves in this house. Will use NOS only. With the present political situation, perhaps if all
would refuse china products, they might get the message. Don't buy anything from china shack
anymore. Have had some good not excellent results with Svetlana products. Again cravat
emptier. 73's.
Wayne;
W4GBW

Sandy wrote:

> >
> > Hi Sandy,
> > Amen. Recently bought some china shack LED's at 50 cents. Both lasted less than 10 min.
> > Got some from Mouser, USA made for 35 cents. Still working. Several years ago bought
> some
> > china shack miniature lights to illuminate the meters in my SA-2060A tuner. Even
> > installed resistors to lower the voltage. They lasted 2 days.
> > Installed some 330 aircraft bulbs from the junk box and they are still good. Bought
> some
> > 1/4 in. phone plugs. Outer shaft so thin you could crush it with your fingers. Chinese
> > products are crap and I won't buy. Have been satisfied with Mouser parts. By the way
> Doug
> > Shields has a stock of NOS RCA connectors like on the SB-101 etc. Cravat Emptier, luck
> > and 73's.
> > Wayne;
> > W4GBW
>         "Rat Shack" I guess should be now "China Shack"!  Good title!
>         I have seen some stuff come from China that is good but not
> "excellent".  I have a 6/12 volt 500ma. solar panel I got that works very
> nicely that is Chinese.  Their tubes are, excuse the word: "SHIT"!
> We were hurting at one time for a big hydrogen thyratron tube  used
> in some old ship radars, and could only get the "National" Chinese made
> ones.  Out of around a  dozen we tried (NEW!) only 2 of them were any
> good!  The 3-500's they make are very "un-uniform"!  The Russians
> seem to make about the better tubes now of any currently being made.
> I understand that some outfit bought some of RCA's old machinery to make
> tubes and they are planning on making some 6L6 family stuff for Hi-Fi
> and musician amplifier consumers.  I would suspect they might make some
> 811A's as well.
>         I  am sort of "hoarding" some RCA 811A's (about 10 of them)
> right now for future use or "trades".  They can't do anything but get more
> valuable.
> 73,
> Sandy W5TVW

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