I have been trying to buy just one single triode 3CX800A7 to fix a
problem with a sick Alpha 87A. Several match pair are available but
used and will only be sold in pairs. The new Eimac version of this tube
are still available but cost as much as the amplifier did years ago! The
less expensive Machlette (Chinese) version of this tube, although
advertised on eBay, are reportedly not in stock and a 60-90 day waiting
period. However, Svetlana (Russian Federation) made many thousands of
the GU-74B which is there version of the Eimac tetrode 4CX800A. The
GU-74B's are plentiful on eBay for a third the price of a 3CX800A7. I
have successfully before used spare tetrodes (4-400's) as substitutes
for 3-500Z's in several amplifiers by merely making sure the screen grid
was connected to the grounded grid at the socket. My question is if the
GU-74 could be successfully operated as a triode. I have not found a
print of the socket for the GU-74B and if there is a difference
requiring a socket change this idea would be a non-starter. Many EU
hams are using the GU-74B in home built amps and now more and more
commercial amps have chosen them as their PA tubes. Please let me know
if the idea of using a GU-74B is even feasible. A single 3CXP800A7
(medical version used in MRI's) if good, would also solve my problem if
I could only find a source.
Thanks,
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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