[Milsurplus] R-1004, the Zenith TO, and the 1L6...

Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:41:49 -0400

I've got a couple of 1L6's that are surplus to my needs. $15 if anyone's
interested.
Brian Jeffrey
[email protected]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hue Miller" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] R-1004, the Zenith TO, and the 1L6...

> Re the 1L6 replacement problem: why not just bite the
> bullet and replace it with a MOSFET or 2 FETs? It's
> absurd, IMO, to pay this much ( $35+ ) for a TEMPORARY
> part. As the price of the 1L6 climbs upward, it will begin
> approaching the value of the radio alone! Besides, look at
> it this way: no one's going to begin manufacturing 1L6's again.
> As time passes, the NIB ones still around will start to weaken,
> even in storage, as the glass seals leak. Assuming some folks
> in the future will want these antiques in some kind of operational
> state, they at some point will have no more 1L6's anyway,
> except new duds in boxes.
> Hue Miller
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