Funny how all the crystal stories work out. I used
to buy mostly Jan, but they couldn't seem to make
a low cost UHF Crystal that didn't drift with moderate
temp changes. Crystek is/was a commercial part of
Jan, but I've had about the same results as using
the straight Jan products. For my HF & VHF crystal
requirements, Jan was number one for some years...
I used and still use ICM for some crystals, but they
are very expensive. I've only had one bum crystal
from ICM, which they offered to replace.
I currently buy mostly Bomar, the cost is fair and
I've not yet has a bum UHF or VHF crystal after the
300 plus purchased in the last few years.
Most companies will re-rock a commercial channel
element. I tend to buy the bare crystal and do it
myself. So far, so good...
I've not heard much good about West Crystals... their
problems seem to be mostly dealing with US/Canadian
Customs and shipping costs. The product might be ok,
but the shipping adventure has been a nightmare for
more that one member of this group.
cheers,
skipp
> "Rich Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jan has been very troublesome in the 25+ years I have
> been a ham, you hear of a lot of complaints.
> Bomar gave me a couple of bum crystals and then a
> few that drifted back in the days 2M crystal radios.
> I used them since they were a few towns away
> from me in NJ but I quit using them.
> In the past 5 years I have used West Crystal in
> Ontario 4 times and they gave me EXCELLENT FAST!!!
> service. I sent the element in and back came a
> perfect element for several Mastr II's. Since West
> is over the border PLEASE follow this suggestion...
> do not use UPS use the Postal Service it is faster
> cheaper and you have less hassles. Mark on the form,
> Amateur Radio Parts for Service and you should have
> no trouble. I did not do that one time and West
> Crystal got charged by UPS all sorts of Import
> and Custom fees. The other 3 times when I used
> the Post Office we had no problems at all.
>
> Rich
>
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