I did a group buy about 18 months ago. Best deal, by far, was Arrow
Electronics.
On 12/1/2013 3:04 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 12/1/2013 12:41 PM, David Cole wrote:
I also would be interested! If you are making a group order please
let me know...
This is something that needs to be organized with one or more local
clubs. The reason is shipping costs and breakage in shipping if they
are not packed well. I've never seen breakage in full boxes packed by
Fair-Rite at the factory, but that's not true of those packed by
others. Also, the COST of shipping is very high as a percentage of the
cost of the part for small quantities, but relatively small for full
boxes shipped by ground.
An appendix in k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf includes a worksheet to help
decide how many pieces of various sizes of parts to order. Once you
know how many of each part you are going to order, you simply go to
the Fair-Rite website, select the tab for getting quotations from a
distributor, and get them from at least three for full box quantities.
My best quotation this time around was from Dexter Magnetics near
Chicago, Kreiger (in VA) was next, and Mouser was high (by a lot).
73, Jim K9YC
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