Message	Date	From	Subject
897	2007-07-11 13:55:35	Ed Almos	BPF Parts Purchase For European Hams
I agree with the point that Digikey are expensive. I have only once ordered parts from Digikey and they charged me nearly 50 USD to ship a small padded bag containing ten ICs. Mouser are a lot more reasonable with their shipping costs and they therefore get many orders from me. Edward Almos HA6SST
898	2007-07-11 19:25:43	brainerd@wildblue...	Re: BPF Parts Purchase For European Hams
On 11 Jul 2007 at 20:55, Ed Almos wrote: > I agree with the point that Digikey are expensive. I have only once > ordered parts from Digikey and they charged me nearly 50 USD to ship a > small padded bag containing ten ICs. > > Mouser are a lot more reasonable with their shipping costs and they > therefore get many orders from me. > > Edward Almos HA6SST > I now have a list with Mouser part numbers for the caps and coils on the BPF page. Mouser has another advantage. They do not have the 10 piece minimum on the the caps. But, 74FST3251(or74CBT3251) ic's are not available from Mouser in the ssop size. So far, I have only found them at DigiKey and Newark. I do have some free samples coming from TI. Also, if the IC's are a problem, I could buy some from DigiKey and send them out. Do you have any experience ordering from Newark? I noticed on the Farnell-UK site that they are affiliated with Newark, so that may make things easier. This is my first experience designing a project and sending boards overseas. Didn't realize we were so spoiled with the part situation over here. Dave - WB6DHW <http://users.wildblue.net/wb6dhw>
899	2007-07-11 23:50:43	Leon	Re: BPF Parts Purchase For European Hams
----- Original Message -----

On 11 Jul 2007 at 20:55, Ed Almos wrote:

> I agree with the point that Digikey are expensive. I have only once
> ordered parts from Digikey and they charged me nearly 50 USD to ship a
> small padded bag containing ten ICs.
>
> Mouser are a lot more reasonable with their shipping costs and they
> therefore get many orders from me.
>
> Edward Almos HA6SST
>

I now have a list with Mouser part numbers for the caps and coils on the BPF page. Mouser
has another advantage. They do not have the 10 piece minimum on the the caps. But,
74FST3251(or74CBT3251) ic's are not available from Mouser in the ssop size. So far, I have
only found them at DigiKey and Newark. I do have some free samples coming from TI.
Also, if the IC's are a problem, I could buy some from DigiKey and send them out.
Do you have any experience ordering from Newark? I noticed on the Farnell-UK site that
they are affiliated with Newark, so that may make things easier.
This is my first experience designing a project and sending boards overseas. Didn't realize
we were so spoiled with the part situation over here.

Dave - WB6DHW
<http://users.wildblue.net/wb6dhw>