Jim's right when you need a quantity of ferrites. When buying
onesy-twosys then go for the retailer.
I've never liked Amidon's high shipping costs.
Charlie, N0TT
On Sun, 3 Apr 2016 13:06:26 +0000 James Rodenkirch
<Rodenkirch_LLC@msn.com> writes:
> I couldn't resist..................K9YC says...."The BEST way to buy
> ferrite parts is...buy in quantity from industrial distributors...."
>
>
> Well, first off, I don't need quantity - I need one or two ferrite
> cores.....so, I guess I'm "out of luck," eh?????
>
> Let's see --- to test K9YC's hypothesis, I went shopping, on line,
> at three distributors, one of which was recommended by K9YC, for two
> ferrite material cores...
>
> 1) Amidon
>
> 2 each FT-114-61 = $4.50
> Shipping = $13.43
> Total: 17.93
>
> 2) Newark
>
> 2 each FT-114-61 = $2.60
> Shipping = $9.30
> Total: 11.90
>
> 3) W8DIZ' Kits and parts
>
> 4 each FT-114-61 = $7.00
> Shipping = $5.34
> Total: $12.34
>
> Hmmmmmmmmmmm - looks like I can purchase two more of what I need
> from W8DIZ for $0.44 more than distributor #2......OR, put another
> way....it would cost me $2.16 more to purchase four cores from
> Newark than from W8DIZ. Ok, in the context of "fair markup," I guess
> "reasonable," a term used by myself and K7HP to describe our
> dealings with W8DIZ, remains an "ok" descriptor.
>
> 71.5/72 de Jim R. K9JWV
>
>
> From: Topband <topband-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Jim
> Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 2, 2016 4:04 PM
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Receive loop observations
>
> On Sat,4/2/2016 12:52 PM, HankP wrote:
> > BTW Kits and Parts has good assortment of cores at reasonable
> priceshttp://www.kitsandparts.com/toroids.php 73 Hank K7HP
>
> That depends on how much markup you consider reasonable. The BEST
> way,
> by far, to buy ferrite parts is to buy in quantity from industrial
> distributors like Newark, Allied, and other more specialized
> distributors that focus on magnetic materials.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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