FT-240-61 cores. Amidon was $9/ea, Mouser (for the Fair Rite equivalent) was $14/ea. I was only ordering six cores so I couldn't make anyones quantity break.
Digi Key I don't think has many of the larger cores, but they have a *lot* of the smaller PCB-size stuff. I'm liking that my "regular" component suppliers are starting to carry more magnetics generally though :-) -Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 10:40 PM > To: Bill Wichers; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: Ferrite Cores > > Which cores were that? > > Maybe they have been doing some comparisons recently since Mouser, Digi- > Key, Arrow, etc have been well advertised on many forums. > > The most overpriced has always been Palomar > > Carl > KM1H > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Wichers" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 6:40 PM > Subject: Re: Topband: Ferrite Cores > > > >I used to think amidon was expensive too, but just last week I ordered > some > >cores from them that we're almost 30% cheaper than mouser. I was pretty > >surprised. It's probably worth checking prices again if you haven't > >recently. > > > > -Bill > > > > Sent from my iPad > >> > >> Why should you? Last I looked, Amidon was quite expensive. > >>> (I remember when I got chewed out here for suggesting Laird/Steward > >>> equivs). > >> > >> > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7981 - Release Date: 08/04/14 > > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
