The MC1496 works just as well or better than the 602s.
> On 07/29/2025 2:45 PM PDT Al Lorona via Elecraft <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I had never heard of a Safari 4! That was before I started my QEX > subscription. What a blast from the past to see all those old devices: MPF > 102s and 2N4427s and MC1496s! > > And NE602s, which are again rumored to be out of production. What will we do > without NE602s?? > > My Mount Rushmore of semiconductors is: > > The 1N34 germanium diode > the 2N2222 > the 741 op amp > and the NE602. > > > Al W6LX > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
