[Boatanchors] FOUND: 274 Ohm Resistor

[Randall Berry]

Thanks to all that helped.

On 08/30/2014 11:24 AM, Glen Zook via Boatanchors wrote:
> Mouser has 274-ohm 1-percent resistors for 18-cents each in single quantities.
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>   http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/KOA-Speer/MF1-2CC2740F/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMukHu%252bjC5l7YZZnUayP15X3PeuE910eWQY%3d
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> Glen, K9STH
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> Website:  http://k9sth.net
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> On Saturday, August 30, 2014 7:31 AM, Rick Poole WA1RKT <wa1rkt at comcast.net> wrote:
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> One thing to consider... if you need a precision 274-ohm resistor that probably also means you need it to be stable over temperature.  5% and 10% resistors, even if you find one that measures at 274 ohms, are unlikely to maintain that value very closely over a wide temperature range.
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> Rick WA1RKT
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> On 08/30/2014 04:43 AM, Brian Clarke wrote:
>> Hello Randy,
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>> Buy a strip of 10off 270 Ohm, 0.25 W resistors, 10% tolerance. Should
>> cost all of 40c total. Measure them all on a good Ohmmeter - you should
>> find at least one that is close to 274 Ohm. After all, 274 is only 1.5%
>> away from 270. (Statistically, you have better than 30% likelihood of
>> finding at least one that is close to 274 Ohm)
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>> More seriously, I would question why you can't just use a 270 Ohm
>> resistor anyway.
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>> 73 de Brian, VK2GCE.