I needed HC-6 crystals for my "Spider" transceiver. Plenty of
crystals are available for low power rigs from many vendors but
usually in very small HC-49 and other miniature type holders. It has
become a very popular technique to "stuff" a FT-243 holder with the
smaller crystals but I also install them in HC-6 type holders for
"low current" applications in my QRP portables.