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From: raan@hp-pcd.UUCP (raan)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Heathkit TV on cable
Message-ID: <20600025@hpcvry.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 18:25:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 24 18:25:00 1986
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Nf-From: hpcvry!raan    Mar 24 15:25:00 1986

>            Is it going to become impossible to get vaccuum tubes
> someday?  Does anybody have a mail-order address for tubes?

My experience has been that tubes are doubling in price every year, and
that the selection is getting smaller.  Since the cost of making tubes can't 
be getting that much worse, I believe that manufacturers are deliberately
trying to discourage people from repairing tube equipment by setting
the tube prices artifically high.  If they succeed then they will stop
making tubes.  Therefore, I think tubes will be increasingly difficult
and expensive to replace.

You can order tubes from the ROBERT E. PRIEBE company (RCA) or the
ELECTRONIC SUPPLY company (Sylvania), both of Seatle, WA.  Sorry, I
don't have the addresses.  Radio Shack also sells some tubes.  Older
tubes can sometimes be found by looking in the classifieds in magazines
like RADIO/ELECTRONICS.


---  Raan Young 

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