[Boatanchors] 6SG7 Question

[mikea]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 08:33:17PM +0100, Peter Worrall wrote:
> I bought 10 6SG7s from a UK dealer who was closing down, a few years ago.
> 
>  I put them away with my other AR88 Spares, waiting for the right day to do 
> a restoration job.
> 
> That day was last Saturday.
> 
> On closer examination of the 6SG7s, I noticed they all had production date 
> stamps June 1982 ..............yes 1982.
> 
> Can any one tell me why 6SG7s would be still being produced 40 years after 
> the AR88 was designed?

I suspect that there's something else that uses 6SG7s, though I can't
really think of what it might be. 

I really, really, _REALLY_ MUST get the last 2 R-390A's onto the bench 
and tweaked up. Then I can do the rest of the HF receivers and go on 
to something else. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin