[Amps] "Refurbished" BLF188XR's on eBay?

[Yueh Hsu]

Just come back here,as my computer can not connect to gmail server.About
Chinese fake RF power device, you cann't  purchase so called "refurbished"
 device. Most of them are remark, the seller clean the label and remark any
label what you want, maybe  the label is MRF150,but it is remark from a
dead 2SC2879
( ton of this device in market)
  I usually purchase these device in USED cndx,they must with soldering tin
even dirty package,or with the PCB together like this
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=531980798010.
 they usually are usuable if you are not too unlucky,  but very cheap.As
the  link , they sold a pcb with 8 MRF150's only $100+, I 'm allmost sure
it  can  bargain too.
Another tip, the device on  Chinese website cheaper than English website.
   73！Hsu


Alek Petkovic <vk6apk at bigpond.com> 于2019年9月13日周五 上午7:38写道：

> By "refurbished" they mean that they have been sandblasted and then
> labelled with any label you want to choose. The transistors themselves,
> are nothing like what is on the label.
>
> I bought some, a number of years ago, for my FT-1000MP MKV. They were
> nice and clean and had the correct label on but they were NOT the
> correct device. In fact, the 4 I bought, were all completely different
> from each other! Just the same package and label.
>
> Don't go near them. Ever.
>
> Cheers, Alek.
> VK6APK
>
> On 13/09/2019 6:27 AM, Jim Barber wrote:
> > Thanks, Greg.
> >
> > Yes, it was just wishful thinking on my part. DigiKey's current price is
> > $186.31, which is down quite a bit from 2 years ago.
> > Compared to a 8877, it's quite a bargain.
> >
> > 73,
> > Jim N7CXI
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 12:59 PM Greg Wasik<gwasik at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Jim
> >>
> >> Be careful with these. They are all from China it seems. I have read
> about
> >> someone trying one of the re-furbs and it failed at high power. Someone
> >> else mentioned that there are hundreds (if not a thousand) bonding wires
> >> that make up the internals a real device. My guess is that these
> re-furbs
> >> probably have enough re-furbed bonding wires to make the device appear
> to
> >> work with in a low current test, but can't handle anything higher
> >>
> >> Also a way to tell a possible fake is to look at the tiny notches that
> are
> >> on the drain tabs.There have been fakes that don't have these notches
> and
> >> sellers on Ebay sometimes show a photo of the device that is only
> looking
> >> at it from the gate tab side. Or they show it only in an ESD bag..  Walk
> >> away immediately...
> >>
> >> Greg
> >> K1YW
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 3:37 PM Jim Barber<barberaudio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I'm seeing a good number o "refurbished" BLF188XR's up for sale on
> eBay.
> >>>
> >>> What does "refurbished" mean? They look like new NXP devices, but for
> $108
> >>> USD I doubt it - unless they're surplus or fall-outs?
> >>>
> >>> If I knew they were genuine, I'd probably buy a few.
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>> Jim N7CXI
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