Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2020-03-19 Thread DXer
Don, Thank you for confirming the eBay part is not the same as the one sourced from Digikey/Mouser. I have a couple from eBay (at a $1 a piece I could not resist LOL), and a bunch from Digikey. The eBay ones will be discarded immediately, before I get distracted and forget about it. I'm

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2020-03-19 Thread Hal Dale via Topband
I would certainly be interested in how the Asia 5109's checkMy experience with Asian semiconductors has not been 100%...Hal/WB4AEG On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:42:24 -0400 Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote On 3/19/2020 10:04 AM, Don Kirk wrote: > For grins and giggles I ordered 10

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2020-03-19 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
On 3/19/2020 10:04 AM, Don Kirk wrote: For grins and giggles I ordered 10 2N5109 parts on E-bay (from Asia). Also ordered new ones from Mouser which I just received today, and also had one that I purchased a long time ago from Mouser (all of my Mouser purchased Just FYI, Don (wd8dsb)

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2020-03-19 Thread Don Kirk
For grins and giggles I ordered 10 2N5109 parts on E-bay (from Asia). Also ordered new ones from Mouser which I just received today, and also had one that I purchased a long time ago from Mouser (all of my Mouser purchased ones are marked CEN on their sides whereas the ones from Asia are

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2018-07-02 Thread N2TK, Tony
N2TK, Tony -Original Message- From: Lee STRAHAN [mailto:k7...@msn.com] Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 8:40 PM To: N2TK, Tony ; mar...@ok1rr.com; topband@contesting.com Subject: RE: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553? Thanks Tony, Agreed the 2N5109 will be around for a long time however as you

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2018-07-02 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
On 7/2/2018 3:17 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: I believe the old Clifton Labs pages had some nice info on JFET parameters. Can't get to anymore? W7ZOI has a nice page on measuring IDSS which I recall to be the parameter on the spec sheet most relevant: http://w7zoi.net/jfet101.pdf Measuring IDSS only

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2018-07-02 Thread Tim Shoppa
;> disappearing rapidly and this will continue. >> >> LeeK7TJR >> Hi-Z Antennas >> >> -Original Message- >> From: N2TK, Tony >> Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2018 2:03 PM >> >> To: 'Lee STRAHAN' ; mar...@ok1rr.com; >> topband

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2018-07-02 Thread Martin Kratoska
and@contesting.com Subject: RE: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553? The 2N5109 will be around for many years. It is widely used in the military and space community. It is listed as a JAN part. But it ain't cheap. 73, N2TK, Tony -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2018-07-01 Thread Lee STRAHAN
PM To: 'Lee STRAHAN' ; mar...@ok1rr.com; topband@contesting.com Subject: RE: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553? The 2N5109 will be around for many years. It is widely used in the military and space community. It is listed as a JAN part. But it ain't cheap. 73, N2TK, Tony -Original Mess

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2018-07-01 Thread N2TK, Tony
:15 PM To: mar...@ok1rr.com; topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553? Hello Martin and all, The 2N3553 device was plagued with a low Ft (high at its introduction) making it mostly a low frequency device with questionable high gain high frequency use in typical

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2018-07-01 Thread Lee STRAHAN
OR -Original Message- From: Topband On Behalf Of Martin Kratoska Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2018 9:51 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553? The 2N3553 is a brutal 7 watt device in a TO-39 metal package. Chris Trask, N7ZMY mentioned some unparalleled IM

Re: Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2018-07-01 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
On 7/1/2018 9:50 AM, Martin Kratoska wrote: The 2N3553 is a brutal 7 watt device in a TO-39 metal package. Chris Trask, N7ZMY mentioned some unparalleled IM characterics I used one of these 40 years ago to build a 95 MHz power oscillator to excite a rubidium plasma lamp in an HP rubidium

Topband: Any experience with 2N3553?

2018-07-01 Thread Martin Kratoska
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