Just curious- my understanding was the RUs are still manufacturing
GS35bs- am I wrong on this account? I have a "stock" onhand but am worried
they too will become scare if this is the case.
FWIW I haven't the multi-amp bulding experience of others, but I can say
this- unlike the 3CPX800 / 8877 etc, the GS35b can take all the abuse you
can throw at it. I don't even bother measuring grid current. Doesn't give
quite the gain of an 8877, but more than sufficient for legal limit. I can
also lose 4-6 of them for the price of one screw-up with an 8877 or 3CX800,
though I haven't had that problem either. My current GS35b project(s) are
on on 6m, and the primary homebrew GS35b amp has been QRV for 2 years now...
over that time I watched local friends replace 8877s & multiple 3CX800s
while the Russian tube keeps chugging right along with 3875V on the plate
and a lower-than-spec blower CFM flow. My SB220 6m conversion did well for
years on Eimac moly 3-500Zs, but the Chinese version didn't last 2 years
before they softened (probably heat, but who knows?).
N3DB
----- Original Message -----
From: <W1dxh@aol.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:49 PM
Subject: [Amps] AMP TUBES
> With all the talk of Russian tubes being hard to get. And a question of
> the
> quality of Chinese tubes what is the status of American made Eimac tubes
> and
> the availability of them? Is cost the main reason for looking elsewhere,
> or
> is the quality not there? Who is supplying the medical field with tubes?
> Just curious...
>
> 73's,
> Steve W1DXH
>
>
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