[Boatanchors] tube info

[bonddaleena at aol.com]

Hi to all. I am restoring yet another tube type boatanchor. I tested 
all the tubes and one is dead as a hammer. It's a 6BM8. I searched 
through my collection, but no luck.

I then went on ePay, er, eBay and there is a LOT of them listed. 
However, being an 'audio' tube, they are rather high $.
There seems to be a LOT of Russian tubes listed for a reasonable price, 
even including shipping. I checked Antique Electronics Supply, and sure 
enough, they are high there also. I have bought lots of tubes from AES 
and been very happy!

OK, I'm not THAT cheap, but since I need one, my usual procedure is to 
order a couple, just to have a spare or two.

I'm going to search other sources tonight, but my question for the 
group is this:

Since it's 'just' and audio tube, have any of you had good luck with 
the imported tubes???? I really don't want to invest 3X the price of 
the radio in a couple of spare tubes. ha ha


thanks!

ron

N4UE