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Antonio Vernucci wrote in message ... I don't recall the 6146 was that expensive. We could find them at the hamfest, surplus and they were routinely given away from one ham to another... heck, What you say is true for a ham in need of just replacing a pair of tubes. But it would not have been true at all for Drake. A company producing ham gear cannot depend on tubes found at a good price here and there. They have to place a contract with a tube manufacturer who can guarantee delivery in time and in the required quantities. Prices are then market prices, not surplus prices. 73 Antonio I0JX Well, the tube (6146) was in constant production during Drakes operation (about 30 years) so it would imply that they were very common and cheap---practically every other amateur equipment manufacturer was using the 6146. Large numbers were used by the military and commercial services. My gosh... if Heath was using them they certaintly couldn't have been that prohibitive to design with. So it begs the question why Drake was using them. RG |
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