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In Reply to: Gold pins posted by marlin on February 17, 2021 at 06:23:56:
Good question. I don't know for sure, but maybe the logic was that you'd change power tubes more frequently than small signal tubes. It was originally done for corrosion prevention, so tubes that don't get changed often would be where gold is used.
Just my 2 cents worth.
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