[Elecraft] Parts availability
Philip Barackman
barackman at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 18 19:51:58 EDT 2021
Amen Jim.
Phil AB7WE
> On Oct 18, 2021, at 4:26 PM, James Driskell <jmdriskell at msn.com> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, the "Just In Time" concept that many US manufacturers have built their businesses around never considered the "you're never going to get it" approach that we now see. I hope someone is taking a hard look at our national resource network because if the balloon goes up, we're going to have a hard time cranking up the domestic supply chain to meet our basic needs. We probably won't have the luxury of being able to take our time to get it running.
>
> Jim W7OWI
>
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> Subject: [Elecraft] Parts availability
>
> Recently I tried to order some electronic parts for a project I am
> working on. In the old days (like, a year ago) I would just get on the
> Digi-Key web site, order what I want, and it would arrive in the mail in
> a few days.
>
> These days, there are a LOT of parts on the Digi-Key web site that show
> no availability. I wanted to buy 10 standard, run-of-the-mill LM358
> op-amps in an 8-pin DIP package. This is a 25 cent part that has been
> around for decades. They had none in stock in that quantity, from any
> manufacturer. I ended up ordering a couple in the old-fashioned TO-5
> metal can package for *10 bucks each*. At least they did have some of
> those in stock.
>
> I also wanted to buy a ceramic capacitor assortment. They listed 6
> assortments that would have worked for me, but all were out of stock.
>
> Manufacturers with "just in time" parts ordering systems are in a world
> of hurt these days. Fortunately I don't think Elecraft ever went down
> that path.
>
> Alan N1AL
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