Which will be discontinued as soon as their lone MRI OEM goes away.
Ameritron is not even in their equation.
They have gone thru the 1200A7, D7 and are now on the Z7. Sooner or later
even old Martin F Jue will wake up.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Solomon" <dickw1ksz@gmail.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Dedicated RF / tube query
> Or better yet, one or two 3CX1200's.
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Leigh Turner
> <invertech@frontierisp.net.au> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> Not that it matters much, but are you absolutely certain that the current
>> 3CX800/3CPX800A7 tube products sourced from CPI are not of Chinese origin
>> and instead supplied to CPI under an OEM outsourcing supply agreement
>> with
>> bespoke Eimac labelling / badging done by the China tube factory?
>>
>> Also I'm curious about the rationale for using two little puppies in
>> parallel instead of a single 3CX1500A7/8877 tube...it sounds like you
>> have
>> given this key decision a lot of thought?
>>
>> Leigh
>> VK5KLT
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On
>> Behalf Of Dan Simmonds
>> Sent: Monday, 30 July 2012 9:30 AM
>> To: garyk9gs@wi.rr.com
>> Cc: amps@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Dedicated RF
>>
>> Gary, this is a myth, quite frankly, saying the days of this tube are
>> numbered. Do you have facts to back this up?
>>
>> >From experience I'll share with you that I can cut a Purchase Order to
>> Eimac (CPI) tomorrow for any number of 3CPX800 tubes and receive them
>> about 90 days later. No-one in Palo Alto, CA has mentioned anything to
>> me about stopping production of this model.
>>
>> I'm trying hard not to turn this into an advertisement, but for
>> comparison, we sell the identical tubes you mention (CPI / Eimac) for
>> under $700 new - and my invoiced cost per-tube from CPI is well below
>> this.
>>
>> Genuine Eimacs - not Chinese, etc.
>>
>> Dan KK3AN
>>
>>
>>
>> Gary K9GS wrote:
>>
>>> Well, my point is that I'd be happy to see some
>>> experimentation/development in SS amps, instead of another commercial
>>> amp using hideously expensive tubes. Let's face it, the days of the
>>> 3CX800 are numbered. Why introduce a commercial product with expensive
>>> and, potentially in the near future, hard to get tubes? Other than a
>>> handful of ham radio amplifiers, is there any commercial application for
>>> 3CX800s other than replacement parts?
>>>
>>> If you're going to introduce a tube amp at least pick some reasonably
>>> priced tubes. The Alpha website lists a pair of 3CX800's at $2100.00.
>>> That's almost 1/3 of the selling cost of this amp.
>>>
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