Simply go to Google and enter your device number in the search line - Works for me most all the time NØATH / Dave
----- Original Message ----- From: "KE5CTY Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PARTS Wow I had no idea things had changed so much. What about resources for looking up parts specs? Are there any on the internet you can go to and look up a part number like a resistor number and at least get the specs on it? BTW I see you are in the Dallas area also. We are in Poolville out here past Springtown near Azle so you know what I meant when I was talking about remote location Hi Hi I have always lived in Dallas or San Antonio until now so I feel like I am on a permanent Field Day Trip out here :0) TNX, KE5CTY (old calls WB5ZQU - WY5L) http://www.qsl.net/ke5cty/ Code may be dieing but the pioneering spirit that put the code there in the first place is still going strong. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] PARTS > Bob, > > You are just starting and finding that it is getting very hard to find parts > to build anything. > > There are a lot of fun things to build and can be very educating at the same > time. > > I have built a lot of radios when Heath Kits were around. I have also built > some the kits you can find on the internet. > > I have over 200 different electronics things that I have built and learned > from. Most of the kits had all the parts in them, some I had to look for. > That is not the case now, and it does not look like it is going to get any > better. > > I have 1 project that I have started, and had to go to 28 different > suppliers to get the parts. I have 3 more parts to locate and then I can > start. The biggest problem is finding some of the parts that are called for > in the project list. They may show a supplier, but when you start looking > the supplier is gone, moved, or no longer has that part. > > Finding a substitute that will work is getting hard as well. On the last > project that I completed I had to order a crystal that took 3 months for > them to make. They had to grow that type before they could make it. The cost > was a little high, $150.00, but it was worth it. The radio sound just like > it did when it was made in the early 40's. Nicely restored with original > parts, no replacement or substitutes. I sold the radio for $1,500.00 as a > restored piece and made a few bucks to boot. > > I have found that the local TV repair shop is a very good source if you have > any in your area. They have to have been in business before the 80's or you > will get a technician that is to new and does not know what you are looking > for unless he worked for one of the older shops. > > Good luck, and happy hunting. > > Charles Miller > WD5EEH, Dallas, TX > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "KE5CTY Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 8:51 PM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] PARTS > > > I have been all over ebay, does anyone know where my son and I can find a > bunch of Ham Radio related spare parts for building some of the home brew > projects we are finding all over the internet but no parts, like > transistros, resistors, coils, fets, diodes, connectors, ect in one lump > purchase? > > I thought mabe I would find an estate sale or something on ebay but no luck. > > We are trying to start building homebrew accesories, ect and are starting > from scratch. I have built some parts bins out of cardboard boxes and some > wooden crates but can't find any parts except in TV's and old radios. Some > are usable but I don't have a reference for most of them to see what the > specs on them are. > > Something that would have assorted parts including perf boards, small > enclosures, ect > > We live in the country and the closest parts store is over 100 miles away so > we wanted to find it on the internet and hopefully at discounted prices the > XYL says, no more than $50.00 > > TNX, > KE5CTY (old calls WB5ZQU - WY5L) > http://www.qsl.net/ke5cty/ > Code may be dieing but the pioneering spirit that put the code there in > the first place is still going strong. > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
