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RE: They are real. I have had 10 or 15 and

The reason was Philips ECG had a mil contract for supplying 5V4GA's. They already had the tooling set-up for 5AR4, so instead of "going backward" so to speak, they just relabeled the 5AR4 as 5V4GA and of course, it passed all the specs with flying colors, and they made a good amount of $ on that deal because those who were inspecting didn't figure it out. I called the mil Item Manager for Electron Tubes in Ohio and explained what had happened (years after the fact) and he was a bit annoyed!!!
That's why you see these recto's mis-marked.
They are great GZ34's too!

V/r
jstrm


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