On 5/17/2013 8:41 AM, Charlie Cunningham wrote:
Contact Lynne Frye at Kreger Components, Inc. Salem, VA.
I've done biz with Kreiger at least once and been pleased. Do not waste
your money and their time buying small quantities of ferrite parts.
Appendix One of my RFI tutorial includes Fair-Rite part numbers of the
useful parts, a list of known good vendors, and a worksheet to help hams
decide how many they should buy based on their operating habits. If
you're buying small quantity (less than a few boxes) it pays to call
multiple distributors -- those with stock left over from a big order
will be cheaper.
Organize a group purchase of your local club and get quantity discounts
that make the parts you need very inexpensive. I've been part of at
least a half dozen such efforts over the years. I typically pay $4-$5
for a 2.4-in o.d. toroid, and $10-$12 for the biggest clamp-ons (1-inch
i.d.). Fair-Rite is easy to deal with if you hit their minimums and buy
box quantities, and they will drop ship boxes to more than one locations.
A box of toroids is 100 pieces, and the biggest clamp-ons are 36 to a box.
We do want box quantities because there is much less breakage in full
boxes packed by Fair-Rite.
73, Jim K9YC.
All good topband ops know how to put up a beverage at night.
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