Vacuum Tubes and Tube Sockets are passe'. They are things of the past; stuff found under the tables at sweltering hot ham fests and not useful in an all-solid-state rig. Boom, today those items which were once a dime a dozen now are expensive.
Sticker shock is a great term to describe two 9 pin miniature tube sockets with a shield base. Lauren Bezos OM wants $12 for these two items. Scandalous and Shameful are the two operative words. eBay is no better!
I am now playing the POP card (Pity on Pete), asking anyone from the continental USA that has two of these and would part with them for the shipping costs to 91320.
These sockets used to cost about $2 each and now a 300% markup to $6 each.
There is a total of 9 Tubes in the 20M Hybrid Wireless Set including five 7 pin miniature sockets (have those), three 9 pin miniature (have one) and one 12 Pin socket for the 12GE5 (have one).
Tubes are an issue as well as I have all of the tubes save for one 12BE6 (transmit mixer). These are going for $12 to $13 on eBay for a questionable previously owned unit. Again, invoking the POP card same deal.
I must admit that the signal reports from the 40M Hybrid Wireless frequently gets high marks on how it sounds. Thus, I am looking to repeat that success with the 20M Hybrid Wireless Set.
Them that know can make things go!
73's
Pete N6QW