[R-390] Fwd: Orange Drop capacitors

Chris via R-390 r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Thu May 29 11:59:34 EDT 2014


Dropped from Mouser, or discontinued by CDE?  They bought the Orange Drop line from SBE a few years ago and closed the US plant where they were made from day one, in favor of the orient facility.  

Chris 

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On May 29, 2014, at 10:34 AM, rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:

> Just came in on the Hallicrafters list:
> 
> I recently learned from my sales-rep at MOUSER, that the Vishay/Sprague "orange drop" line of capacitors are to be dropped.  Seemingly, they're "obsolete" (guess that means I am too), so for those of you, like me, who enjoy using them for restorations, we'd better find another line to buy.
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> Tom - W0EAJ
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