Very good points, Jim, and I agree! As I said earlier, Lynne and the folks at Kreger can point us to the other Fair-Rite distributors - but I expect that the same advice still applies!
In my past experience, I was dealing with substantial industrial quantities for electricity meters etc. and the designer kits were generally supplied free of charge to a large customer. Not to be expected here. Charlie, K4OTV Charles Cunningham, Jr. PE -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 2:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: RFI ferrites On 5/17/2013 8:41 AM, Charlie Cunningham wrote: > Contact Lynne Frye at Kreger Components, Inc. Salem, VA. I've done biz with Kreiger at least once and been pleased. Do not waste your money and their time buying small quantities of ferrite parts. Appendix One of my RFI tutorial includes Fair-Rite part numbers of the useful parts, a list of known good vendors, and a worksheet to help hams decide how many they should buy based on their operating habits. If you're buying small quantity (less than a few boxes) it pays to call multiple distributors -- those with stock left over from a big order will be cheaper. Organize a group purchase of your local club and get quantity discounts that make the parts you need very inexpensive. I've been part of at least a half dozen such efforts over the years. I typically pay $4-$5 for a 2.4-in o.d. toroid, and $10-$12 for the biggest clamp-ons (1-inch i.d.). Fair-Rite is easy to deal with if you hit their minimums and buy box quantities, and they will drop ship boxes to more than one locations. A box of toroids is 100 pieces, and the biggest clamp-ons are 36 to a box. We do want box quantities because there is much less breakage in full boxes packed by Fair-Rite. 73, Jim K9YC. All good topband ops know how to put up a beverage at night. _________________ Topband Reflector All good topband ops know how to put up a beverage at night. _________________ Topband Reflector
