Hello,
I am trying to reduce my inventory of tubes. I have 10,000+ tubes and a lot are more than likely never to be used by me. If I were to make a list of the most popular radio tubes to keep, what would be on the list?
I have tubes from the 20's to the mid 60's and also have about hundred radios from that time period also.
Thanks
David

:Hello,
:I am trying to reduce my inventory of tubes. I have 10,000+ tubes and a lot are more than likely never to be used by me. If I were to make a list of the most popular radio tubes to keep, what would be on the list?
:I have tubes from the 20's to the mid 60's and also have about hundred radios from that time period also.
:Thanks
:David

Although I had not nearly the amount you have, I had the same problem. I put all the miniatures on ebay in one very large lot but kept the 1L6's and 50A1's. I had accumulated a huge amount of tubes when new to the hobby, then realized most of what I had I was never going to need for the radios I collect(pre W.W.II.) You probably know from experience what the most common you will need or what the valuable tubes are to keep in case you need one for a replacement. I still have 200-300 tubes on hand and it is rare that I find a dead tube in a radio.
Good luck,
Jon

:Hello,
:I am trying to reduce my inventory of tubes. I have 10,000+ tubes and a lot are more than likely never to be used by me. If I were to make a list of the most popular radio tubes to keep, what would be on the list?
:I have tubes from the 20's to the mid 60's and also have about hundred radios from that time period also.
:Thanks
:David

Maybe if you were to make some basic list of the tubes you feel are in excess, offer for sale those here to others. Bet you will thin out your supply, and know that they went to good use.

Go to tubesandmore.com or grab one of their catalogues and look at their NOS/used prices. That should tell you what to keep if you're wanting to keep the highest valued tubes.

:Go to tubesandmore.com or grab one of their catalogues and look at their NOS/used prices. That should tell you what to keep if you're wanting to keep the highest valued tubes.

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Antique Electronic Supply (tubesandmore.com) should be used as a RELATIVE VALUE reference only and not a literal price guide. They have astronomical expectations of what some tubes are worth - most of which can be had easily and at a somewhat more reasonable cost from other sources...... Price your tubes like AES does and you'll still have 99% of them 10 years from now...

:Hello,
:I am trying to reduce my inventory of tubes. I have 10,000+ tubes and a lot are more than likely never to be used by me. If I were to make a list of the most popular radio tubes to keep, what would be on the list?
:I have tubes from the 20's to the mid 60's and also have about hundred radios from that time period also.
:Thanks
:David

WOW! But I am a tinkerer and a builder. Yours is an intrigueing question - probably many viewpoints. I would think that what to keep depends on your situation - storage space, are you moving, age, your plan to continue or expand with your hobby, working condition of your radio collection, etc. It also may depend on where the tubes came from, which may affect condition. You may have 'pulls' from a radio-TV serviceman, auto junkyard, public service vehicles, or military surplus, TV tubes, transmitter tubes, etc. - some of which are not found in your radios - so you can get rid of these. I would suggest that you make a list of what is used in the radios you have; then duplicate it with an equal number of spares. Like someone has suggested, I would keep the rarer types, which could later be used as trades or sold. I would keep all the tuning eye tubes you have, as well as 01A, 45, 47, 50, and 26 - especially keep "globe" type tubes. Everyones's experience is different - what have you found to be defective in sets you have repaired? My experience has found more defective 6A7, 6A8, 75, 12SQ7, and 12SA7 (and the fore-mentioned) than other types, so I would keep extra of those. Again, 10,000 tubes - Wow - I can only dream . . .

:Hello,
:I am trying to reduce my inventory of tubes. I have 10,000+ tubes and a lot are more than likely never to be used by me.

If you can afford the storage space, keep'em all. Even if you do not need them today you do not know what tomorrow will bring. You might use tubes as swapping credits for parts, other radios etc in the future.

Syl

Also keep those that can be made to substitute old tubes. For example, the 6SN7GT (a double triode) I have used to replace 01As after making an adapter.

::Hello,
::I am trying to reduce my inventory of tubes. I have 10,000+ tubes and a lot are more than likely never to be used by me.
:
:If you can afford the storage space, keep'em all. Even if you do not need them today you do not know what tomorrow will bring. You might use tubes as swapping credits for parts, other radios etc in the future.
:
:Syl