Its a pretty light duty amp Carl, but its ok for very
occasional use. I had one for awhile and got nervous
about the availability of the 8873 tube. It looks nice
and it ran 500-600 watts on ssb, but thats all I used
it for. It needs to be cheap to be recommendable I
think.
Mark
N0IUJ
--- Carl Hyde <cshyde@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I have an opportunity to acquire an SB-230 that has
> not been used for four or
> five years. It was working when last used. I am
> concerned over the availability
> of the 8877 tube as I have heard that they are very
> hard to find and very
> expensive. Can the SB-230 be converted to another
> tube and how bad is the 8877
> situation? Thanks
>
> =====
> Carl HYDE
> W2CSH
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