wrote:
On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:43:34 -0500, Vinnie S.
wrote:

|On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:39:58 -0500, james wrote:
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|On 01 Mar 2008 04:01:22 GMT, Steve wrote:
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||I'm thinking about buying a Yaesu FT-101E that has just been gone
||through, new finals and all. (those strange tubes) NOS case on it too,
||beautiful. No drift after warm-up.
||
||I've heard it on the air, and it sounds -FAT- on SSB, the owner says
||the receive is golden too. Money back guarantee. I sold my ts-520 so
||I'm back in the market for a fine sounding tube transceiver.
||
||My question is re-tubing the finals someday, I understand those are
||very rare now.
||
||How much will that cost me in today dollars?
||
||TIA
||
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|more than what the rig is worth.
|
|my opinion
|
|What tubes are they? That is kind of discouraging. They are great
|looking rigs.
|
|Vinnie S.
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6JS6C, two in the final stage.

Yeah pricey!
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?
from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=6JS6C&category0=

Even if you convert the final stage to
6146B's you are still at a cost of $40 or more for a matched pair.

james

Ive heard it's not a good idea to switch the tubes.

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