[Elecraft] UK source for K3 headphone socket (was: Elecraft Digest, Vol 76, Issue 42)

[Ian White GM3SEK]

David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
>
>If you have to use a UK source, have you considered Rapid?  They are 
>more consumer purchase friendly than RS/Farnell, and they have not gone 
>the way of Maplin of becoming a high street boys' toys merchant.
>

Further information on a very wide range of UK component and tool 
suppliers is available at:
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek/in-prac/components.htm

CPC are also worth a look for this particular item  because they have a 
vast range of stock including audio-visual items down to the component 
level <www.cpc.co.uk>. They used to be 'trade only' but are now a 
mainline consumer outlet advertising on TV, and with much larger stocks 
than Maplin.

(CPC's ready-made connecting leads are very good value and are available 
with a wide range of connectors at either end. I often buy extra-long 
leads at very little extra cost, and cut them in two.)

Farnell have by far the biggest stocks of RF-related parts and are also 
very easy to deal with. Amateurs can register for online shopping using 
the 'other' options on the drop-down lists, and receive the same good 
service as commercial customers 
<https://uk.farnell.com/jsp/profile/register.jsp>

Although Farnell and CPC are owned by the same company, they are two 
completely different operations, each with its own customer base, 
product range and catalogue. The same group also owns Newark in the USA, 
and the Farnell catalogue offers a pipeline into the Newark inventory as 
well (there is normally a surcharge, but watch out for special offers).

RS, on the other hand, have never been comfortable with private 
customers. It still isn't possible for a private individual to register 
without being forced to tell lies.



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73 from Ian GM3SEK
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