Unfortunately, the "Just In Time" concept that many US manufacturers have built their businesses around never considered the "you're never going to get it" approach that we now see. I hope someone is taking a hard look at our national resource network because if the balloon goes up, we're going to have a hard time cranking up the domestic supply chain to meet our basic needs. We probably won't have the luxury of being able to take our time to get it running.
Jim W7OWI ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Alan Bloom <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 14:36 To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] Parts availability Recently I tried to order some electronic parts for a project I am working on. In the old days (like, a year ago) I would just get on the Digi-Key web site, order what I want, and it would arrive in the mail in a few days. These days, there are a LOT of parts on the Digi-Key web site that show no availability. I wanted to buy 10 standard, run-of-the-mill LM358 op-amps in an 8-pin DIP package. This is a 25 cent part that has been around for decades. They had none in stock in that quantity, from any manufacturer. I ended up ordering a couple in the old-fashioned TO-5 metal can package for *10 bucks each*. At least they did have some of those in stock. I also wanted to buy a ceramic capacitor assortment. They listed 6 assortments that would have worked for me, but all were out of stock. Manufacturers with "just in time" parts ordering systems are in a world of hurt these days. Fortunately I don't think Elecraft ever went down that path. Alan N1AL ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
