As the things I want to do become more complex, and time gets more precious, I have adopted the mantra “buy the biggest piece you can. . .” Don
> On Nov 27, 2014, at 1:41 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist <rich...@karlquist.com> > wrote: > > > > On 11/27/2014 11:03 AM, Didier Juges wrote: >> Another reason is reproducibility. If you or someone else wants > > to reproduce your design, using a well defined and available > > commercial part makes it much easier to achieve the same > > performance, particularly for RF components. >> >> Didier KO4BB > > Exactly right. > > I wrote an article on receiving loops and showed a design > with a 50:5 (turns ratio) transformer wound on a toroid. > Again, this is not available from MiniCircuits. I have > wasted time dealing with numerous dumb questions about > "can I use XXX core that I have laying around the lab?" > or can I use a different gauge wire to wind it, etc. > So many people complained about the shipping cost to > buy one core that I stocked the cores and included them > with PC boards I was already selling to reduce the shipping > cost to "zero". > > BTW, 73 material would NOT work in this application. > I was asked about that multiple times even though the > article specifically said it would not work and explained > why. > > Rick Karlquist N6RK > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.