I hope their custom, Chinese 3CX1500 is better than their custom, Chinese 3CX800
that they were selling a few years ago. Myself and one other person (that I know
of) had the same failure - grid to cathode short after only a few years of
normal use. Their warranty is one year.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 12/21/2019 10:12 AM, Artek Manuals wrote:
I inquired when the 9500 would be shipping again back in Novemeber anhd what
tube new production was shipping with.
Below is the answer I got
NR1DX
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Hello Dave,
Sorry about the confusion on the website. We are backordered at the moment. The
lady who assembles the 9500 suffered a stroke last month and won't be back so we
are backed up. Probably with holidays and all that we won't be shipping any new
product until early next year. We will probably move this production to Ohio
once the new factory is operational.
We use our own private labeled and private manufactured tube. Some material and
assembly is sourced here and final assembly in China under US local based
engineering supervision. The tubes are excellent. We have had no problems with
them. I think they are better than Eimac. We have seen a number of problems in
Eimac over the last year. I would not hesitate to buy this tube for myself, and
I won't sell anything to you that I would not buy for myself. You will have no
issues or regrets with the tube. When we have had problems the warranty
replacement has been no problem. I believe we have had 1 or two warranty
replacements in the last four years which isn't bad at all.
If you want to get on the 9500 waiting list let me know.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Mike N8WFF
614 675 2497
On 12/21/2019 9:50 AM, N4ZR wrote:
Saw an ad on QRZ touting their "full time service department." I was curious
about their prices, and went to their online store - every amp but the 9500 is
"out of stock", and it is "backordered." A lot of their parts and other
expensive but unidentified iterms are also listed as "Out of Stock." Doesn't
have the look of a thriving company, does it?
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