[Elecraft] K2 NB Diode

[David Douglass]

Hi All,

I've just finished a putting together most of the options for the K2, the
final one being the Noise Blanker. Ham fisted as I am, I managed to break
one of the glass bodied diodes (D3 1N34A). I replaced this with a 1N5711
which is listed as an alternative in the manual, but was just wondering
whether I should try to source one of the originals or whether I should not
worry about it. 

I was just curious as the 1N34A seems to be a much harder a part to get, and
wondered why Elecraft would use these instead of the 1N5711 (which appear to
be pretty common parts), if there was no 'performance' difference between
the two?

Regards

David, VK2NU