[Elecraft] Diode 95SQ015 end-of-life (K2 D10)

[Bruce Forsberg]

Just completed building a K2 kit. They had an SR1503 diode for D10 on the
RF board.

Bruce, WB6IZG

On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 4:43 PM Geert Jan de Groot <pe1hzg at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> The high-current low-drop diode 95SQ015, used in the K2 (it replaced
> D10, SB530, because of it's favorable voltage drop) seems to be out of
> production and out of stock in the likes of Mouser, Digikey and
> Farnell/Newark.
>
> I hoped the component was just replaced by a SMD version but that
> doesn't seem to be the case. From what I can see, low-drop diodes exist
> but not with the current ratings that the 95SQ015 has.
>
> Has anyone found a replacement?
>
> Geert Jan
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