[ARC5] JFET in ARC-5 TX oscillator socket

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Mike,

My comments were of course mostly tongue-in-cheek.  The thread had run on 
long enough that the original disclaimer about having done it to a or some 
butchered unrestorable chassis, etc. etc.  A newbie to the list coming in on 
the tail-end of the thread might think this was what the list was about and 
either be horrified and leave or start cutting up good radios.  :-)

But to answer your question, it depends upon how you define cheap.  AES 
currently gets $9.45.  I have a bunch of them, from a lot of about 20000 tubes 
I bought 15 years ago after Max died, Madison Electronics (local Emporium 
fro the 40's to the 80's or early 90's) closed and Don (his son) was 
liquidating the remaining stock.  My price is $5.00, but I'm not deliberately in the 
tube business.  Mostly I sell a few to people whose radio(s) I've worked on 
or who have bought parts or hardware.  As I discovered after buying that 
lot, peddling tubes is a lot of work for little return.

However, since I opened my mouth and do have quite a few (and so does 
someone else on this list but I've forgotten who it was), if anyone actually 
needs a or some 1626's I will sell them.  Shipping plus $5 for one, $4 each for 
three, and I guess $3 each for ten.

FWIW, the last JFET's I actually bought were around $15 each.  

In a message dated 7/8/2009 12:25:24 PM Central Daylight Time, 
mstangelo at comcast.net writes: 
> Where can you get cheap 1626's.
> 
> Mike N2MS
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: WA5CAB at cs.com
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> To: ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
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> Sent: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 04:05:39 +0000 (UTC)
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> Subject: Re: [ARC5] JFET in ARC-5 TX oscillator socket
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> 1626's are cheaper than JFET's.  And for some strange reason work 
> 
> surprisingly well in Command Set transmitters.  You'd almost think that 
> the sets had 
> 
> been designed to use them.

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