I won't disagree with your conclusions about the pitfalls of buying
cold war surplus tubes; however, I thought Anthony Welsh was a British
ham/electronics dealer?
For what it's worth, I've bought relatively low cost parts from
"kwtubes" out of Lithuania with no surprises or regrets. These were
things like HV rated axial caps and 100kHz crystals for boatanchor
repair. Neither of these would degrade on the shelf.
Pat
wa4tuk
Larry wrote:
> Several months ago I posted a note about my experiences buying tubes
> from east European sellers on ebay. Some of the details are at
> http://w7iuv.com/badtubes.html
>
>
> The problems with the seller "exland" were never resolved. That guy was
> insulting in his email responses and never did a thing to help. Clearly
> an irresponsible seller.
>
> The other seller, "AnthonyWelsh", told me he would refund or replace the
> bad GS-35B I received if I sent the bad one back. Well it's not easy to
> send a tube back to the Ukraine from the USA. It took a bit of money and
> very long time to get it back to him. Then it took a long time and many
> email exchanges to sort it all out. Finally after 6 1/2 months, I got
> the replacement tube. It's good and I'm happy. It was a very frustrating
> experience and it took a long time to resolve but it was resolved to my
> satisfaction. You can put "AnthonyWelsh" down as a responsible seller.
>
> I'm not sure I'll ever want to take a chance on something like this
> happening again. I much prefer to buy tubes from someone close by so
> that I can strap on my .45 and personally carry the tube back if there
> is a problem.
>
> In any case, now I can get back to building amps!
>
> 73, Larry
>
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