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Subject: [Amps] RF Power transistors
From: aa4nu@ix.netcom.com (Billy Cox)
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 17:24:03 -0600
>A minor point - M/A Com aren't second sourcing MRF products - Motorola
>offloaded the entire fet product line to them, only retaining the 1 and 2
>GHz fet lines for cell base station work. I'm not sure if M/A Com got the
>high power bipolars as well. So far, M/A Com vhf fets appear ok.
>
>Small signal stuff mostly went to MSC, and I've already done work for two
>clients who found the MSC parts didn't pass muster.

How does/will that impact certain models, such as the MRF-150 MOS FETs 
used in the Yaesu VL-1000? Will that make them now be "unobtainium" ?

73 Billy AA4NU

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