Yes - to clarify he was a bona fide member of neonixie-l (don't think he is any more) and I too have bought from him in the past - he seems to be a straight guy.
When tubes are lit after a while in storage they often behave slightly differently until "burnt in" - could be just that effect. The "clean" tubes I was referring to about from RIchardson - NL 5440As - have no markings at all - they're the ones that would have been "white labelled". The interesting thing about 7971s is that not that many were made (anyone got actual numbers, or is that also here-say?) yet there are many variants, all of which appear to be totally reliable/built like tanks - why mess with something that obviously works so well> Has anyone ever had one fail in operation (assuming it was being run within spec)? Nick On Tuesday, 28 May 2013 02:07:27 UTC+1, Jeff Thomas wrote: > > The seller of these tubes is Patrick, and was a member of the old yahoo > neonixie-L (user=arcpat1 from as early as '04), although I don't know if > he's posted to the replacement google list. > > Yeah, IMHO these B7971's are just washed-and-recycled tubes in the stock > styro carrier. It really does not matter as long as they're sold with a > guarantee of all segments being functional. > $175 is certainly a lofty goal for as-is. He may sell some if others > squatting on tubes don't jump at the opportunity to undercut his pricing. > > Regards, Jeff > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4fd12988-03cc-4bfa-82b5-1f397845fbba%40googlegroups.com?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
