Try this guy. He is about 1/4th the price of the others. Fast delivery. I
just bought a few dozen items from him.
http://kitsandparts.com/index.php
73
Gary K4FMX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of James Colville
> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 3:44 PM
> To: Dan
> Cc: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Source for large purchase of toroids?
>
> Agreed Dan!
>
> I use Mouser whenever I can. Rarely, there are some things they don't
> have.
> But their adding more lines all the time. I love their on line catalog
> and
> ordering process. I also love the project feature. When I come across a
> part
> I need, I just add it to my project. Then when I'm ready to order, just
> submit it and away they go. Order on Sunday, gets to me by Wednesday or
> Thursday by Priority Mail. I don't order heavy stuff. If I did, UPS is
> better.
>
> They are Johnny on the spot with new catalogs by Mail too.
>
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Dan <n5ar@air-pipe.com> wrote:
>
> > I just purchased $450 worth of Fair-Rite parts last week for our club.
> I
> > checked prices at Newark, Mouser,and Allied. Two weeks ago Allied had
> > lower prices than the others. Suddenly when I was ready to order,
> Allied
> > had removed Fair-Rite from their list and I think they no longer
> handle
> > that line. It is always possible that somehow there is a screw up in
> > their on line catalog. The prices from the others were essentially
> > identical. Mouser is a regular exibiter at HamCom convention in Dallas
> > and seems to have a number of ham employes so I chose them. I
> specified
> > the lowest shipping rate of UPS which was $25.25 for our order. When
> > they shipped they used second day UPS and said they would cover the
> > difference of $92.82-$25.25, a nice touch I think. They shipped the
> > same day I entered the order and we had the cores in 2 days.
> > 73, Dan, N5AR
> >
> > Jim Brown wrote:
> > > On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:09:13 +0200, alexeban wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Yesss!
> > >> That's why I mentioned Bytemark: they market Amidon now!
> > >>
> > >
> > > Amidon doesn't MAKE these parts. They BUY stuff, put their own
> > > part numbers on it, and sell it at OBSCENE MARKUPS (typically 4-
> > > 5 times their cost).
> > >
> > > I've helped organize group purchases for several ham clubs
> > > (others have done the real purchasing and distribution work,
> > > I've done the pointing). Charlie is right -- study the Fair-Rite
> > > catalog (that's who actually MAKES the parts you want) and learn
> > > their part numbers. Or see Appendix One of my tutorial
> > >
> > > http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf
> > >
> > > for part numbers of some parts useful for chokes and
> > > suppression, AND a list of good industrial vendors in the US who
> > > sell at prices FAR lower than Amidon or Palomar or Bytemark.
> > > Those good vendors include Newark, Allied, Lodestone, and
> > > Kreiger.
> > >
> > > Last I heard, minimum order from the factory (Fair-Rite) was
> > > $500, and you MUST buy in box quantities. Their 2.4-inch toroids
> > > are packed 100 to the box.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Jim Brown K9YC
> > >
> > >
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