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Re: [TowerTalk] PL-259 - can connectors be recycled?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] PL-259 - can connectors be recycled?
From: <john@kk9a.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 19:38:34 -0400
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Actually the 83-1SP is almost $6 each in 100 quantities at DigiKey
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amphenol-rf/083-1SP/2041840

Most of us don't need 100. DX Engineering sells them for $7.50 each if you
buy 6 and shipping is free if you spend over $99.

A new Amphenol 83-1SP is clean, has new plating and new insulation.  I do
not recycle them but I have recycled larger Andrew/Commscope connectors.

John KK9A


Steven Katz wrote:

At Digi-Key (founded by a ham), new mil-spec Amphenol 83-1SP PL-259s are $4
each when bought in lots of 100.
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amphenol-rf/83-1SP-15RFX/160269?u
tm_adgroup=General&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Dynamic%20Sea
rch_EN_RLSA&utm_term=digikey&utm_content=General&utm_id=bi_cmp-384476624_adg
-1302921504343623_ad-81432643449113_dat-2333232393680005:aud-807631101:loc-1
90_dev-c_ext-_prd-&msclkid=e12001b67eb417b354ba672228ae5f06

This is certainly more than I paid for them in 1965 when they were
$0.49/each for the same connector, but according to the "inflation
calculator," it's actually cheaper than they were back then  ($.49 then is
$4.89 today):  https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

Not bad.


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