A hearty thanks to all who participated in the Great 2003 Tube Poetry
Contest.

The voting period has ended, with a total of 17 persons casting their
votes for best tube poet, for a total of 102 voting points (6 points per
vote).

THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE!

Following is the Winners' List:

1st place: PHIL WITT (29 points)
2nd place: GREGG (18 points)
3rd place: ANDY EVANS (12 points)
4th place: BOB HEDBERG (11 points)

Now things get sticky. No less than three individuals tied for 5th
place: Patrick Bouvyn, Bill Ramsay, and Grant. Admin has exercised the
tie-breaking option, and has assigned the following additional places:

5th place: BILL RAMSAY (6)
6th place: PATRICK BOUVYN (6)

(Does someone wish to contribute a consolation prize for Grant?)

PRIZE SELECTION:

Since the first place winner gets first pick of the prizes, would MR.
PHIL WITT please step up and pick a prize! (Please post your selection
here on r.a.t. so that all can see your choice.)

Full details available at the contest website:
http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/contest/index.htm

Cheers,
Fred
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| Projects, Vacuum Tubes & other stuff: |
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On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 16:53:06 GMT, Fred Nachbaur
wrote:


THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE!

Following is the Winners' List:

1st place: PHIL WITT (29 points)

Thank you and thanks to all of the members of the newsgroup who voted
for me. We're running late so I will discard the rest of my speech and
get right to my selection (and it was an agonizing decision).

I choose prize No. 4

Phil

Phil Witt wrote:
On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 16:53:06 GMT, Fred Nachbaur
wrote:

THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE!

Following is the Winners' List:
1st place: PHIL WITT (29 points)


Thank you and thanks to all of the members of the newsgroup who voted
for me. We're running late so I will discard the rest of my speech and
get right to my selection (and it was an agonizing decision).

I choose prize No. 4

Terrific! Take a bow, Mr. Witt.

Prize number 4 is the Radiotron Designer's Handbook, 4th edition, on CD
ROM. The original CD ROM has been donated by Choky, in Serbia.

Phil, contact Choky with your shipping details so he can send out your
well-deserved prize.

NEXT UP:

Please welcome to the stage Mr. "double-guh" GREGG. His entry at
file:///mnt/win_e/websites/dogstar/contest/gregg.htm gleaned 18 votes,
for 2nd place.

Gregg, step right up and pick a prize, any prize except #4.

Cheers,
Fred
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| Music: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/ |
| Projects, Vacuum Tubes & other stuff: |
| http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk |
+--------------------------------------------+

"Fred Nachbaur" wrote in message
news:hVurb.33376$%Q5.30143@edtnps84...
:
:
: Phil Witt wrote:
: On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 16:53:06 GMT, Fred Nachbaur
: wrote:
:
: THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE!
:
: Following is the Winners' List:
: 1st place: PHIL WITT (29 points)
:
:
: Thank you and thanks to all of the members of the newsgroup who voted
: for me. We're running late so I will discard the rest of my speech and
: get right to my selection (and it was an agonizing decision).
:
: I choose prize No. 4
:
: Terrific! Take a bow, Mr. Witt.
:
: Prize number 4 is the Radiotron Designer's Handbook, 4th edition, on CD
: ROM. The original CD ROM has been donated by Choky, in Serbia.
:
: Phil, contact Choky with your shipping details so he can send out your
: well-deserved prize.
:
: NEXT UP:
:
: Please welcome to the stage Mr. "double-guh" GREGG. His entry at
: file:///mnt/win_e/websites/dogstar/contest/gregg.htm gleaned 18 votes,
: for 2nd place.
:
Hm, link there needs some updatin', but yeah:
Where are you, Gregg ? Let the other eager winners
in the agony'o'waitin' no more
Rudy

: Gregg, step right up and pick a prize, any prize except #4.
:
: Cheers,
: Fred
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: +--------------------------------------------+
: | Music: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/ |
: | Projects, Vacuum Tubes & other stuff: |
: | http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk |
: +--------------------------------------------+
:

Ruud Broens wrote:
[...]
:
: NEXT UP:
:
: Please welcome to the stage Mr. "double-guh" GREGG. His entry at
: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/contest/gregg.htm gleaned 18 votes,
: for 2nd place.
:
Hm, link there needs some updatin', but yeah:

Ack. Thanks for pointing that out. Should of course be:
http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/contest/gregg.htm (corrected in the
quote also)

Contest Home Page (at least for now) is at
http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/contest/index.htm

Where are you, Gregg ? Let the other eager winners
in the agony'o'waitin' no more
Rudy

Probably still sleeping. West Coast, Sunday... and all...

Cheers,
Fred
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| Music: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/ |
| Projects, Vacuum Tubes & other stuff: |
| http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk |
+--------------------------------------------+

"Fred Nachbaur" wrote in message
news:mYwrb.33769$%Q5.2577@edtnps84...
:
:
: Ruud Broens wrote:
: [...]
: :
: : NEXT UP:
: :
: : Please welcome to the stage Mr. "double-guh" GREGG. His entry at
: : http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/contest/gregg.htm gleaned 18 votes,
: : for 2nd place.
: :
: Hm, link there needs some updatin', but yeah:
:
: Ack. Thanks for pointing that out. Should of course be:
: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/contest/gregg.htm (corrected in the
: quote also)
:
: Contest Home Page (at least for now) is at
: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/contest/index.htm
:
: Where are you, Gregg ? Let the other eager winners
: in the agony'o'waitin' no more
: Rudy
:
: Probably still sleeping. West Coast, Sunday... and all...
:
Oh, all right, just as long as he realizes, 70 % of the world's
population has gone to bed today.

: Cheers,
: Fred
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: +--------------------------------------------+
: | Music: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/ |
: | Projects, Vacuum Tubes & other stuff: |
: | http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk |
: +--------------------------------------------+
:

I'm very pleased and flattered to be given the bronze medal by my fellow
tubists! I'd be really happy with either Prize 1 or Prize 2, whatever Gregg
wants first (lovely poem Gregg - re-read it again, and it keeps its special
charm)

=== Andy Evans ===
Visit our Website:- http://www.artsandmedia.com
Audio, music and health pages and interesting links.

Behold, Fred Nachbaur signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

Phil Witt wrote:
On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 16:53:06 GMT, Fred Nachbaur
wrote:

THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE!

Following is the Winners' List:
1st place: PHIL WITT (29 points)


Thank you and thanks to all of the members of the newsgroup who voted
for me. We're running late so I will discard the rest of my speech and
get right to my selection (and it was an agonizing decision).

I choose prize No. 4

Terrific! Take a bow, Mr. Witt.

Prize number 4 is the Radiotron Designer's Handbook, 4th edition, on CD
ROM. The original CD ROM has been donated by Choky, in Serbia.

Phil, contact Choky with your shipping details so he can send out your
well-deserved prize.

NEXT UP:

Please welcome to the stage Mr. "double-guh" GREGG. His entry at
file:///mnt/win_e/websites/dogstar/contest/gregg.htm gleaned 18 votes,
for 2nd place.

Gregg, step right up and pick a prize, any prize except #4.

Cheers,
Fred

OMG, OMG, I won something???????

Wahoooooo!

I always wanted prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M tubes!

Now I can build a replacement for my SS stereo amp :-D

Must ..... take....panic....pills..... ;-)


--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

Behold, Andy Evans signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

I'm very pleased and flattered to be given the bronze medal by my fellow
tubists! I'd be really happy with either Prize 1 or Prize 2, whatever
Gregg wants first (lovely poem Gregg - re-read it again, and it keeps
its special charm)

=== Andy Evans ===
Visit our Website:- http://www.artsandmedia.com Audio, music and health
pages and interesting links.

*bows*

A very sincere thanks :-)

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
http://geek.scorpiorising.ca

Gregg wrote:
Behold, Fred Nachbaur signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:
[...]

NEXT UP:

Please welcome to the stage Mr. "double-guh" GREGG. His entry at
file:///mnt/win_e/websites/dogstar/contest/gregg.htm gleaned 18 votes,
for 2nd place.

Gregg, step right up and pick a prize, any prize except #4.

Cheers,
Fred


OMG, OMG, I won something???????

Wahoooooo!

I always wanted prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M tubes!

Now I can build a replacement for my SS stereo amp :-D

Must ..... take....panic....pills..... ;-)

Congratulations, bud! Good show indeed.

Prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M's, is yours. Contact Rudy to arrange
delivery of your new output tubes!

[applause]

Andy Evans has indicated that he would like either #1 or #2 as the prize
for his third-place win. Since Gregg has chosen #2, that means that the
pair of WE310A's goes to Andy.

Andy, drop me a line with your snail-mail addie and I'll get the tubes
fired off to you.

HEXT UP - Mr. Bob Hedberg! Bob, would you be so kind as to step up to
the stage?

Bob has the choice of the remaining prizes:

#3, Either a "Globe" tube paperweight in a green marble display base, or
a new 5R4GY ST-style rectifier, or a new 5U4GT rectifier, donated by Syl
in Canada.

#5, Two (2) E90CC dual triodes. Contributed by Mark Harriss in Australia.

#6, Two (2) new 5U4G rectifiers. Contributed by jim in the UK.

Pick your prize, Mr. Hedberg!

Cheers,
Fred
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+--------------------------------------------+
| Music: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/ |
| Projects, Vacuum Tubes & other stuff: |
| http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk |
+--------------------------------------------+

Anymore competitions?? This time I'll join...been reading the poems...and I
kinda like some of them..cool background..from Phil I think....(dun quite
remember) the 1kV amateur thingy sounded like when some of us where too
young (and stupid)...the bruken 6L6 and E-bay stuff..seems like it's the
norm nowadays on E-bay...you get ripped off...

"Fred Nachbaur" wrote in message
news:lRDrb.64$Ws6.49@edtnps84...


Gregg wrote:
Behold, Fred Nachbaur signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:
[...]

NEXT UP:

Please welcome to the stage Mr. "double-guh" GREGG. His entry at
file:///mnt/win_e/websites/dogstar/contest/gregg.htm gleaned 18 votes,
for 2nd place.

Gregg, step right up and pick a prize, any prize except #4.

Cheers,
Fred


OMG, OMG, I won something???????

Wahoooooo!

I always wanted prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M tubes!

Now I can build a replacement for my SS stereo amp :-D

Must ..... take....panic....pills..... ;-)

Congratulations, bud! Good show indeed.

Prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M's, is yours. Contact Rudy to arrange
delivery of your new output tubes!

[applause]

Andy Evans has indicated that he would like either #1 or #2 as the prize
for his third-place win. Since Gregg has chosen #2, that means that the
pair of WE310A's goes to Andy.

Andy, drop me a line with your snail-mail addie and I'll get the tubes
fired off to you.

HEXT UP - Mr. Bob Hedberg! Bob, would you be so kind as to step up to
the stage?

Bob has the choice of the remaining prizes:

#3, Either a "Globe" tube paperweight in a green marble display base, or
a new 5R4GY ST-style rectifier, or a new 5U4GT rectifier, donated by Syl
in Canada.

#5, Two (2) E90CC dual triodes. Contributed by Mark Harriss in Australia.

#6, Two (2) new 5U4G rectifiers. Contributed by jim in the UK.

Pick your prize, Mr. Hedberg!

Cheers,
Fred
--
+--------------------------------------------+
| Music: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/ |
| Projects, Vacuum Tubes & other stuff: |
| http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk |
+--------------------------------------------+

Hi all

Sorry, I'm now just finishing up a rebuilt computer. My old
motherboard decided to start writing it's own poetry on my system
drive. Dooooopp!
Now I'm back to AMD from Intel (which was AMD before that). 2500
tweaked to 2800, runs great for $92.

Anyway, I'm humbled by 4th place.

The #5, E90CC's look interesting. How about those?

Thanks
Bob Hedberg





Fred Nachbaur wrote:



Gregg wrote:
Behold, Fred Nachbaur signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:
[...]

NEXT UP:

Please welcome to the stage Mr. "double-guh" GREGG. His entry at
file:///mnt/win_e/websites/dogstar/contest/gregg.htm gleaned 18 votes,
for 2nd place.

Gregg, step right up and pick a prize, any prize except #4.

Cheers,
Fred


OMG, OMG, I won something???????

Wahoooooo!

I always wanted prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M tubes!

Now I can build a replacement for my SS stereo amp :-D

Must ..... take....panic....pills..... ;-)

Congratulations, bud! Good show indeed.

Prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M's, is yours. Contact Rudy to arrange
delivery of your new output tubes!

[applause]

Andy Evans has indicated that he would like either #1 or #2 as the prize
for his third-place win. Since Gregg has chosen #2, that means that the
pair of WE310A's goes to Andy.

Andy, drop me a line with your snail-mail addie and I'll get the tubes
fired off to you.

HEXT UP - Mr. Bob Hedberg! Bob, would you be so kind as to step up to
the stage?

Bob has the choice of the remaining prizes:

#3, Either a "Globe" tube paperweight in a green marble display base, or
a new 5R4GY ST-style rectifier, or a new 5U4GT rectifier, donated by Syl
in Canada.

#5, Two (2) E90CC dual triodes. Contributed by Mark Harriss in Australia.

#6, Two (2) new 5U4G rectifiers. Contributed by jim in the UK.

Pick your prize, Mr. Hedberg!

Cheers,
Fred

Bob H.

Just grab that plate in one hand, the chassis in the other,
and FEEL the power of tube audio!!!
(not literally, of course, just kidding. DON'T DO THAT!)

Hi again.

I changed my mind. #3 looks cool. The globe 45/paperweight.
Is that possible?

Thanks
Bob HEdberg

Bob Hedberg wrote:

Hi all

Sorry, I'm now just finishing up a rebuilt computer. My old
motherboard decided to start writing it's own poetry on my system
drive. Dooooopp!
Now I'm back to AMD from Intel (which was AMD before that). 2500
tweaked to 2800, runs great for $92.

Anyway, I'm humbled by 4th place.

The #5, E90CC's look interesting. How about those?

Thanks
Bob Hedberg





Fred Nachbaur wrote:



Gregg wrote:
Behold, Fred Nachbaur signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:
[...]

NEXT UP:

Please welcome to the stage Mr. "double-guh" GREGG. His entry at
file:///mnt/win_e/websites/dogstar/contest/gregg.htm gleaned 18 votes,
for 2nd place.

Gregg, step right up and pick a prize, any prize except #4.

Cheers,
Fred


OMG, OMG, I won something???????

Wahoooooo!

I always wanted prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M tubes!

Now I can build a replacement for my SS stereo amp :-D

Must ..... take....panic....pills..... ;-)

Congratulations, bud! Good show indeed.

Prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M's, is yours. Contact Rudy to arrange
delivery of your new output tubes!

[applause]

Andy Evans has indicated that he would like either #1 or #2 as the prize
for his third-place win. Since Gregg has chosen #2, that means that the
pair of WE310A's goes to Andy.

Andy, drop me a line with your snail-mail addie and I'll get the tubes
fired off to you.

HEXT UP - Mr. Bob Hedberg! Bob, would you be so kind as to step up to
the stage?

Bob has the choice of the remaining prizes:

#3, Either a "Globe" tube paperweight in a green marble display base, or
a new 5R4GY ST-style rectifier, or a new 5U4GT rectifier, donated by Syl
in Canada.

#5, Two (2) E90CC dual triodes. Contributed by Mark Harriss in Australia.

#6, Two (2) new 5U4G rectifiers. Contributed by jim in the UK.

Pick your prize, Mr. Hedberg!

Cheers,
Fred

Bob H.

Just grab that plate in one hand, the chassis in the other,
and FEEL the power of tube audio!!!
(not literally, of course, just kidding. DON'T DO THAT!)

Bob H.

Just grab that plate in one hand, the chassis in the other,
and FEEL the power of tube audio!!!
(not literally, of course, just kidding. DON'T DO THAT!)

Awesome! Congratulations, Bob. #3 is yours, contact Syl to arrange
delivery (and to specify which option!). His email addie is
syl#oldradioz.com (replace # with @).

Only one decision left to go! Mr. Bill Ramsay, please step up to the
stage to select your prize. Still available are #4 (pair of E90CC's) or
#5 (pair of 5U4G's).

The prize remaining after Bill's selection goes to Mr. Patrick Bouvyn.

Cheers,
Fred


Bob Hedberg wrote:

Hi again.

I changed my mind. #3 looks cool. The globe 45/paperweight.
Is that possible?

Thanks
Bob HEdberg

Bob Hedberg wrote:


Hi all

Sorry, I'm now just finishing up a rebuilt computer. My old
motherboard decided to start writing it's own poetry on my system
drive. Dooooopp!
Now I'm back to AMD from Intel (which was AMD before that). 2500
tweaked to 2800, runs great for $92.

Anyway, I'm humbled by 4th place.

The #5, E90CC's look interesting. How about those?

Thanks
Bob Hedberg





Fred Nachbaur wrote:



Gregg wrote:

Behold, Fred Nachbaur signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

[...]

NEXT UP:

Please welcome to the stage Mr. "double-guh" GREGG. His entry at
file:///mnt/win_e/websites/dogstar/contest/gregg.htm gleaned 18 votes,
for 2nd place.

Gregg, step right up and pick a prize, any prize except #4.

Cheers,
Fred


OMG, OMG, I won something???????

Wahoooooo!

I always wanted prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M tubes!

Now I can build a replacement for my SS stereo amp :-D

Must ..... take....panic....pills..... ;-)

Congratulations, bud! Good show indeed.

Prize #2, the quad of 5B/110M's, is yours. Contact Rudy to arrange
delivery of your new output tubes!

[applause]

Andy Evans has indicated that he would like either #1 or #2 as the prize
for his third-place win. Since Gregg has chosen #2, that means that the
pair of WE310A's goes to Andy.

Andy, drop me a line with your snail-mail addie and I'll get the tubes
fired off to you.

HEXT UP - Mr. Bob Hedberg! Bob, would you be so kind as to step up to
the stage?

Bob has the choice of the remaining prizes:

#3, Either a "Globe" tube paperweight in a green marble display base, or
a new 5R4GY ST-style rectifier, or a new 5U4GT rectifier, donated by Syl
in Canada.

#5, Two (2) E90CC dual triodes. Contributed by Mark Harriss in Australia.

#6, Two (2) new 5U4G rectifiers. Contributed by jim in the UK.

Pick your prize, Mr. Hedberg!

Cheers,
Fred

Bob H.

Just grab that plate in one hand, the chassis in the other,
and FEEL the power of tube audio!!!
(not literally, of course, just kidding. DON'T DO THAT!)


Bob H.

Just grab that plate in one hand, the chassis in the other,
and FEEL the power of tube audio!!!
(not literally, of course, just kidding. DON'T DO THAT!)

Fred Nachbaur wrote:
[...]
Only one decision left to go! Mr. Bill Ramsay, please step up to the
stage to select your prize. Still available are #4 (pair of E90CC's) or
#5 (pair of 5U4G's).

Oops! Got that wrong. Let's try again:

Mr. Bill Ramsay, please step up to the stage to select your prize. Still
available are #5 (pair of E90CC's) or #6 (pair of 5U4G's).

The prize remaining after Bill's selection goes to Mr. Patrick Bouvyn.

Cheers,
Fred

fred

thanks for running this competition it was most generous of you.

I would like the E90CC's please, looking forward to doing something
with them over the summer (Xmas) holidays, down here in NZ.

Once again, many thanks

bill.


On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:58:25 GMT, Fred Nachbaur
wrote:



Fred Nachbaur wrote:
[...]
Only one decision left to go! Mr. Bill Ramsay, please step up to the
stage to select your prize. Still available are #4 (pair of E90CC's) or
#5 (pair of 5U4G's).

Oops! Got that wrong. Let's try again:

Mr. Bill Ramsay, please step up to the stage to select your prize. Still
available are #5 (pair of E90CC's) or #6 (pair of 5U4G's).

The prize remaining after Bill's selection goes to Mr. Patrick Bouvyn.

Cheers,
Fred

Hi Bill,

Congratulations! [wild applause]

And you're most welcome, it's been a hoot.

The E90CC's are yours. It works out well, since Mark Harriss who donated
them is just next door to you (in a global sense). Contact Mark at
ningauble#bigpond.com (replacing # with @, of course) to give him your
shipping information.

AND THE LAST PRIZE -

Sixth prize winner is PATRICK BOUVYN, who wins the pair of 5U4G
equivalents donated by jim in the UK. Patrick, please contact jim at
jim#macsys50.freeserve.co.uk (replacing the # with @, of course). I
understand that jim has an excess of penis patches, perhaps he'll
include a few as a bonus. ;-)

AND FINALLY -

It really tough being admin and having to choose from the three entrants
tied for 5th place. I think it's only fair that GRANT, one of the three
entrants, should receive a prize also.

So, could you please send my your mailing addie, Grant? I'll send you a
"consolation prize" of one (1) new Russian 5U3c (5U4G equivalent).

AND THAT'S A WRAP!

It's been a lot of fun, thanks to everyone who contributed and took part
in the voting process.

The contest website will remain at
http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/contest/index.htm
for awhile, but eventually I'll move it to my "Projects" site.

Next contest is up to someone else to organize. I'm taking a breather
from Things Tubical for awhile.

Cheers to all,
Fred

Bill Ramsay wrote:
fred

thanks for running this competition it was most generous of you.

I would like the E90CC's please, looking forward to doing something
with them over the summer (Xmas) holidays, down here in NZ.

Once again, many thanks

bill.


On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:58:25 GMT, Fred Nachbaur
wrote:



Fred Nachbaur wrote:

[...]
Only one decision left to go! Mr. Bill Ramsay, please step up to the
stage to select your prize. Still available are #4 (pair of E90CC's) or
#5 (pair of 5U4G's).

Oops! Got that wrong. Let's try again:

Mr. Bill Ramsay, please step up to the stage to select your prize. Still
available are #5 (pair of E90CC's) or #6 (pair of 5U4G's).


The prize remaining after Bill's selection goes to Mr. Patrick Bouvyn.

Cheers,
Fred



--
+--------------------------------------------+
| Music: http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/ |
| Projects, Vacuum Tubes & other stuff: |
| http://www.dogstar.dantimax.dk |
+--------------------------------------------+

Fred Nachbaur wrote in message news:JQDsb.43547$jy.33394@clgrps13...

AND FINALLY -

It really tough being admin and having to choose from the three entrants
tied for 5th place. I think it's only fair that GRANT, one of the three
entrants, should receive a prize also.

So, could you please send my your mailing addie, Grant? I'll send you a
"consolation prize" of one (1) new Russian 5U3c (5U4G equivalent).



Hi Fred, everyone. Congratulations to you and the winners. It was a
great contest and thanks for the consolation prize!!
I've been quite swamped at the office and only got to see the results
today.

Wow! I'd like to try that 5u3c on my Dynaco St70??

Thanks again! Will email you my addie..