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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cores
From: Steve Hunt <steve@karinya.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:08:10 +0100
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Jim,

Any views on why they did that with Fair-Rite ferrite parts, but retained Micrometal's part numbering for Iron Powder toroids?

Steve G3TXQ



On 08/07/2014 20:55, Jim Brown wrote:

Actually, FT240 and similar part numbers were cooked up by vendors like Amidon and Palomar to keep the customer ignorant of the real part number, so that they could sell the parts at sinful markups (typically 3-4X their cost).

That's one reason I've published Fair-Rite part numbers in my RFI tutorial and listed known good North American vendors. Amidon, Palomar, and DXEng are not on that list, because their markups are wildly excessive.

73, Jim K9YC
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