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Originally Posted by paulsherwin
All magic eyes are scarce and expensive, because they have short lives and are largely cosmetic, so owners didn't replace them when they went dim. This in turn means that only small replacement stocks existed at the end of the valve era, and these rapidly ran out as soon as people started refurbishing old radios.
Your best bet initially is to ask on the forum if anybody can supply you with a replacement. If that fails there's the usual valve dealers and eBay. I believe Nick tracked down a Russian equivalent for his A277 which worked well.
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Thanks, Paul. I tried a Russian equivalent site
www.rutubes.com
But sadly all out of stock. I shall try the forum, and search Ebay. The Radio Museum suggest that an EM81 might be a suitable substitute, but I would need confirmation before I tried something like that.