Date: Wed, 3 Nov 93 04:30:28 PST From: Ham-Homebrew Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Homebrew-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Homebrew@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Homebrew Digest V93 #92 To: Ham-Homebrew Ham-Homebrew Digest Wed, 3 Nov 93 Volume 93 : Issue 92 Today's Topics: Inexpensive source of crystals Junk in the UK Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Homebrew Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-homebrew". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 1 Nov 93 12:18:53 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!dtix.dt.navy.mil!oasys!kstuart@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Inexpensive source of crystals To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu In rec.radio.amateur.homebrew, wa2sff@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (joseph.e.wilkes) writes: >I purchased a 2 meter HT board set from Surplus Sales of Nebraska and >I want to get crystals for them. I have the crystal information and I >have a JAN catalog. JAN charges $7 for 2M ham crystals but $11.00 for >converted commerical radios. The ad for the board set claimed that the >boards were from a 2M HT made by Midland but the information supplied >with the boards set seems to indicate that it was from a commerical HT. >I think Midland made a two meter HT but I can't find any information >about it. Does anyone remember it or know anything about it? > >Joe Wilkes, WA2SFF >j.e.wilkes@att.com Joe, I suggest that you phone JAN and talk to them. They have a toll- free number (1-800-JAN-XTAL), and I have found that they are very helpful. I have talked many times with Allison who has occasionally gone the extra mile to answer my questions. JAN has a formidable data base of old and current equipment, and they might be able to find the info on your board. PS - JAN is closed on Friday. 73 and gud luk! Ken Stuart, W3VVN ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1993 14:55:14 +0000 From: pipex!demon!abacus.demon.co.uk!dmb@uunet.uu.net Subject: Junk in the UK To: ham-homebrew@ucsd.edu Anybody got any good leads for filling junk boxes in the UK ? I'm interested in building various receivers/filters/amps etc., but I'd like to get hold of some standard bits and pieces to keep in stock. Trashed sets don't seem to come my way as often as often as they used to, and some things like multiway wafer switches, air-spaced var.caps. etc. are becoming more difficult & expensive to get hold of. I'm based in London, and would be interested to hear of any good surplus/junk shops, and also where to find out about ham rallies or other flea-market type meets where this sort of stuff is available. The listings in the magazines (PW/SWM) are fairly sparse - are they complete or do smaller events happen which are not posted? Regards, David. -- David Byrne, Abacus Software, London, UK Tel: +44 71 930 4884 Email: dmb@abacus.demon.co.uk Fax: +44 71 839 7445 Here's a koan: If you have ice-cream I will give you some. If you have none, I will take it away from you. (it's an ice-cream koan). ------------------------------ End of Ham-Homebrew Digest V93 #92 ****************************** ******************************