[Boatanchors] WE 407 and 408 tubes

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Jacques,

I'm one of 'other's in this thread having got in early. I don't have a 
dozen of those RK-39 tubes. Would 48 of 6AU6A excite you? <evil grin> 
Would one or two of those get somebody's radio back on the air? They 
must go for a buck or two each by now. Slightly less than first class 
postage in the USA and it's territories. Maybe a little more to get to 
our Canadian friends but still maybe not very much.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 06/12/2016 05:34 PM, Jacques Fortin wrote:
> Hi Rob and all others on this thread...
>
> The risk of having the 807s prices going sky-high was anticipated more than
> 20 years ago, because of the tube close relationship with the 6L6 (no wonder
> as the 6L6 was directly derived from the 807).
> But this never materialized, maybe just due to the fact that audio(whatever)
> people seems to have a profound aversion for plate caps...
> Good thing for us, ham operators and collectors of old radio equipment.
> However, the NOS 807s are coming more and more scarce as the time is passing
> by: even the Russian ones command a high price by now, compared to the
> Chinese that are currently available.
> Reliability wise, well, we can discuss....
> Do not forget the 1625s (12V version) and the few other more rare variants
> (see group 229 in the Vol 2 of the Vade-Macum).
> Now what ? You own a dozen of Raytheon RK-39s ? OMG !
>
> 73, Jacques, VE2JFE
>