[R-390] R-390 ballast tube

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> Well we are selling 3TF7s for 35.00+500 shipping .
> Why would you want to pay 100.00 or even up to 200.00 for a solid state
> device when you can have the original part for a lot less in fact you can
> Buy at least three or more and still be cheaper in the long run and will
> take of your needs longer than your life.
> If you are really having trouble blowing them out then stick a inrush
> limiter in your ac line to hold your AC voltage down till warm up.
> I have 15 R-390a and 2 of them I have had over 10 years without a failure of
> this ballast tube while the other are not running all the time.
> This tube has not left the planet like so many have been brain washed into
> believing there are a lot of these ballast tubes around and I have
> Been offering these to the list not ebay as of yet.
> So keep your receivers original like it was intended in the first place.
> Your R-390 will like it and so will your R-391 and 390a receivers.



A jumper wire across pins 2 and 7 is much cheaper than $40 for one of those
tubes, or the lifetime supply being suggested. 12BA6s are probably the most
common tube ever made, and are about $2 new. Been running this for 9 years
now on the original 12BA6s.

$40 for a tube that isn't really needed is a perfect example of artificial
inflation.  I'll pass on the  idea of spending $120 for a lifetime supply of
3TF7 tubes, and spend $6 on the 12BA6s instead. That should save me $114 per
radio. I've got 2 R390As already, so I'm saving $228. If I buy 2 more
radios, I'll probably save enough on 3TF7s to get the 5th radio for free!

Hey, I'm on to something good here! Buy 4 R390As and get the 5th radio for
free. My wife would relate to this.