One Less Option – The deadline to purchase repaired Econco tubes is approaching

An important source for rebuilt power tubes is going away.

Microwave Power Products plans to close operations at the former Econco facility in California, ending its program for rebuilding the tubes used in vacuum tube-type transmitters, as our Nick Langan reported last month.

MPP said operations at the Woodland manufacturing site will cease on Sept. 1 as it consolidates operations to Palo Alto. As part of the transition, the company will discontinue repair services for Econco Power Grid tubes, though it will continue to manufacture new tubes. 

The move also ends Econco’s “bank” program, which allowed customers to store non-working power grid tubes at the Woodland facility to be rebuilt and made available for future purchase.

The deadline to purchase repaired Econco Power Grid tubes is May 12 at close of business. According to the release, failure to confirm a purchase or request the return of non-working tubes by that date will be treated as consent for MPP to dispose of property remaining in the Bank program.

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