90+year old tube and spec sheet.

[w2amr]

Thought you guys might find this interesting. I picked up 4 used UX201A tubes, in the boxes. One of the boxes had a good spec sheet in it. The others just fell apart when I took them out.
15498154991550015501

[PA5COR]

That's bloody old, good find ;)

[WZ7U]

Whoa! :clap: :-D

[N8YX]

How much do those go for on the open market, George?

[K0RGR]

They aren't that uncommon - I see them on EBay for about $12 apiece. What might be valuable to a collector would be the box and spec sheet. Unfortunately, this was a really common tube for a long time, so there are still lots of them out there. It started out as the DeForest 201 before RCA bought out DeForest.

[KG4CGC]

I'm getting old. Is that like a big transistor?

[w2amr]

I'm getting old. Is that like a big transistor?No. Getting old is nothing like a transistor.

[w2amr]

How much do those go for on the open market, George? I have paid $20 a pop for a good used one from a dealer.

[w2amr]

My Crosley Pup with a UX201A 15504

[KG4CGC]

No. Getting old is nothing like a transistor.

You smell funny but I'm not laughing. :tapedshut:

[KD8TUT]

Thanks for sharing!!

[n2ize]

Nice... I love old stuff like that. In fact I think I have a couple of those UX201A's however without the original boxes or spec sheets.

[KG4CGC]

So, I guess it's like a big transistor that runs on big batteries.

[K7SGJ]

My Crosley Pup with a UX201A 15504

I remember when stuff like this was fairly commonplace, but it still makes me wet. It makes you wonder where all the majority of stuff like this and old military stuff went.

[KG4CGC]

I remember when stuff like this was fairly commonplace, but it still makes me wet. It makes you wonder where all the majority of stuff like this and old military stuff went.

In the 90's there were a lot of big buyers out of Japan. Millionaire collectors. They hired American "agents" to run ads and search out for anything they could find. They drove up the price of vintage stereo equipment to the point that junk stores started putting any piece of stereo equipment from the 60's through the 80's up on auction sites and in the last 10 years Goodwill and others have formed their own auction sites.

[w2amr]

I remember when stuff like this was fairly commonplace, but it still makes me wet. It makes you wonder where all the majority of stuff like this and old military stuff went.My guess is, most of it got trashed. Fair radio in Ohio used to be the place for military surplus gear. R390's, ARC-5's T-195's, GRC-9's, etc. I bought a complete GRC-9 station , and a TV-7 tube tester from them back in the 90's. I'm pretty sure that stuff is gone from their inventory now.

[K7SGJ]

My guess is, most of it got trashed. Fair radio in Ohio used to be the place for military surplus gear. R390's, ARC-5's T-195's, GRC-9's, etc. I bought a complete GRC-9 station , and a TV-7 tube tester from them back in the 90's. I'm pretty sure that stuff is gone from their inventory now.

Yeah, back in the day I bought all kinds of surplus from Fair. They were a great source for military service documentation.

[AL7JK]

Looking at Fair Radio Sales www site, like near fell outta my chair when I saw the
price tag of that R-390A, wow !

[w2amr]

Looking at Fair Radio Sales www site, like near fell outta my chair when I saw the
price tag of that R-390A, wow !Holy crap! $1200 + shipping. Must be that special model with the gold plated chassis.