[ARC5] JFET in ARC-5 TX oscillator socket

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

I haven't seen them that cheap lately. The prices have been going up; unfortunately I believe the audiophiles have discovered them.

As for being cheaper than a jfet?  In the late 1960's I used to buy lots of surplus and parts in the remaining stores in downtown Manhattan. Leeds Radio had Motorola MPF-102 jfets on sale for fifty cents. I still have them; they have gold plated leads. I still have my Barry Electronics and G&G Surplus Radio catalogs from that era; I'll check out the prices for 1626 tubes and see if they were cheaper.

Does anyone remember Leeds? Check out the movie "The Anderson Tapes". A young Christopher Walken played an electronics expert; they have a scene with him shot in Leeds.

Mike N2MS

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Subject: Re: [ARC5] JFET in ARC-5 TX oscillator socket




I never paid more than $3 for 1625's at hamfests, typically 2 for $5 .

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

Quoting mstangelo at comcast.net:

> Where can you get cheap 1626's.
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> Mike N2MS
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> 1626's are cheaper than JFET's.  And for some strange reason work
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> surprisingly well in Command Set transmitters.  You'd almost think   
> that the sets had
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> been designed to use them.
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