Re: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes
Is the 849 about 10-12 high with the same type of pins? Looks about the same but no 'necks'? If so, I have a well used one still in the wooden crate and another with a case of the rattles (filament ist kapoot, methinks). Might consider trading one for a 204 The 849 is similar, but bigger than the 204A. It's the predecessor to the 833A. The RCA book says the 849, 204-A and 851 should all be mounted upside down so that the filament is up and the plate down. I have run into a couple of hams on the air running 204A's. The old pre-WW2 kilowatt RCA broadcast transmitter ran four 204A's in pushpull parallel, with a pair of 849 modulators. Later, they changed to a pair of 833A's modulated by another pair - and even sold a modification kit to convert the older transmitter to 833A's. Those older tubes were always expensive. Back in the mid 30's, a 204A sold for about $85 - the equivalent to hundreds of dollars in today's money. The newer 833(A) sold for a fraction of that. That's why BC stations were interested in retrofitting their transmitters. In the mid 70's I ran into about a dozen Amperex 849A's piled in a cubby at Young Engineering in Salem MA. I couldn't get the guy to reduce his price; he wanted about $20 each for them, as is. No way to test them, but they looked good. I turned him down, and later, they apparently all got broken as they shuffled stuff around in the old warehouse. I still kick myself for not taking a chance on those tubes. Don K4KYV
[AMRadio] Seeking tubes
Hi all: Might anyone have the following tubes for sale?: 211 849 204 852 Tnx, Steve WA2TAK
RE: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes
I'd call this list the rarest of the rare in ham tubes. A 204? Why not a Deforest spherical Audion?--that would probably be easier to find. And when you do find them, dust off your checkbook--you're going to need it. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:10 AM To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Subject: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes Hi all: Might anyone have the following tubes for sale?: 211 849 204 852 Tnx, Steve WA2TAK __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(17b)
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Well all on that list are pretty rare with perhaps the 211 being the exception - at least around here in North East Ohio. I believe the Nela Park GE plant turned those things out during the war. These were of course the VT-4C. I remember at one hamfest about 15 years ago I bought a lot of them for a buck a piece NIB. They still turn up all over the place. I even found a few in Brooksville, Fl about 2 years ago. I have a couple of the earlier 211 without the graphite plates. Apparently the audiophiles like these better. But I would much rather have the graphite plates. Well, I have enough to re tube my BC 375 several times over. And heck, maybe I'll get the darn thing on the air one of these days. I have no need to sell them but a couple might be available for trade. You can never have too many radios. de KA4JVY Mark --- Merz Donald S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd call this list the rarest of the rare in ham tubes. A 204? Why not a Deforest spherical Audion?--that would probably be easier to find. And when you do find them, dust off your checkbook--you're going to need it. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:10 AM To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Subject: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes Hi all: Might anyone have the following tubes for sale?: 211 849 204 852 Tnx, Steve WA2TAK __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(17b) __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net __ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html
Re: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes
Hi Don, Hardly so, I'm afraid...a 204A just closed on eBay for a mere twenty-five bucks! Just one bidder, too... ~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ - Original Message - From: Merz Donald S [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 8:14 AM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes I'd call this list the rarest of the rare in ham tubes. A 204? Why not a Deforest spherical Audion?--that would probably be easier to find. And when you do find them, dust off your checkbook--you're going to need it. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:10 AM To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Subject: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes Hi all: Might anyone have the following tubes for sale?: 211 849 204 852 Tnx, Steve WA2TAK __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(17b) __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
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Like my kidsthey love to tell you the incredible exception that PROVES dad is wrong... So since they are so common, I'm assuming you have a large overstock to sell to Steve for $25 each? If so, I'd like a couple of those--that tube has been on my WANTED list seen by maybe 2500 people over the last 12 years and I have never once had one offered to me at any price. The only one I have ever seen in the flesh is the dud that Play Things of the Past carries around to hamfests as a display. 73, Don M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Swynar Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 10:49 AM To: Discussion of AM Radio Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes Hi Don, Hardly so, I'm afraid...a 204A just closed on eBay for a mere twenty-five bucks! Just one bidder, too... ~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ - Original Message - From: Merz Donald S [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 8:14 AM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes I'd call this list the rarest of the rare in ham tubes. A 204? Why not a Deforest spherical Audion?--that would probably be easier to find. And when you do find them, dust off your checkbook--you're going to need it. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:10 AM To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Subject: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes Hi all: Might anyone have the following tubes for sale?: 211 849 204 852 Tnx, Steve WA2TAK __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(17b) __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(16b)
Re: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes
204s pop up on there from time to time, I see maybe 4-6 per year and seldom look for them. Always wanted one for the collection. IMHO, the base holders are FAR more difficult to find, although using an old fuse clip for the plate cap is easy enough. August Link has a nice DeForest Audion listed now, a mere $2800. Looks new though, including patent label. Is the 849 about 10-12 high with the same type of pins? Looks about the same but no 'necks'? If so, I have a well used one still in the wooden crate and another with a case of the rattles (filament ist kapoot, methinks). Might consider trading one for a 204 ~ Todd, KA1KAQ On 7/7/05, Merz Donald S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Like my kidsthey love to tell you the incredible exception that PROVES dad is wrong... So since they are so common, I'm assuming you have a large overstock to sell to Steve for $25 each? If so, I'd like a couple of those--that tube has been on my WANTED list seen by maybe 2500 people over the last 12 years and I have never once had one offered to me at any price. The only one I have ever seen in the flesh is the dud that Play Things of the Past carries around to hamfests as a display. 73, Don M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Swynar Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 10:49 AM To: Discussion of AM Radio Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes Hi Don, Hardly so, I'm afraid...a 204A just closed on eBay for a mere twenty-five bucks! Just one bidder, too... ~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ - Original Message - From: Merz Donald S [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 8:14 AM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes I'd call this list the rarest of the rare in ham tubes. A 204? Why not a Deforest spherical Audion?--that would probably be easier to find. And when you do find them, dust off your checkbook--you're going to need it. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:10 AM To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Subject: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes Hi all: Might anyone have the following tubes for sale?: 211 849 204 852 Tnx, Steve WA2TAK __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(17b) __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(16b) __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
Re: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes
Hi Don, Whoa Nelly...! Now where'd you get the idea that *I* had a heap of ol' 204A's for sale, anyway...?! The truth of the matter is, they DO appear on a semi-regular basis on eBay --- but you have to be vigilant for them! Heck, I saw one sell out of Canada a year or two ago for some FIFTEEN BUCKS! This latest $25.00 jug was originally listed for FIFTEEN DOLLARS --- AND HE HAD NO BIDDERS FOR IT! I suggest, Don, that you expand your search for these vintage old bottles, bite your lip if you're one of the ...anti-eBay crowd, simply make hay while --- and WHERE --- the sun shines... ~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ - Original Message - From: Merz Donald S [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes Like my kidsthey love to tell you the incredible exception that PROVES dad is wrong... So since they are so common, I'm assuming you have a large overstock to sell to Steve for $25 each? If so, I'd like a couple of those--that tube has been on my WANTED list seen by maybe 2500 people over the last 12 years and I have never once had one offered to me at any price. The only one I have ever seen in the flesh is the dud that Play Things of the Past carries around to hamfests as a display. 73, Don M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Swynar Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 10:49 AM To: Discussion of AM Radio Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes Hi Don, Hardly so, I'm afraid...a 204A just closed on eBay for a mere twenty-five bucks! Just one bidder, too... ~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ - Original Message - From: Merz Donald S [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 8:14 AM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes I'd call this list the rarest of the rare in ham tubes. A 204? Why not a Deforest spherical Audion?--that would probably be easier to find. And when you do find them, dust off your checkbook--you're going to need it. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:10 AM To: amradio@mailman.qth.net Subject: [AMRadio] Seeking tubes Hi all: Might anyone have the following tubes for sale?: 211 849 204 852 Tnx, Steve WA2TAK __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(17b) __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(16b) __ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net
