For a hobbyist doing things a few at a time, what advantage is there to buying RF transformers made by Mini-circuits etc., vs winding them using commonly available ferrite cores/binocular cores?
If I needed to do a production run of 1000+ boards with tiny SMT transformers, sure, no problem buying them from mini-circuits or a distributor etc. But for hobbyist stuff seems far more flexible to wind them onesy-twosy using not so tiny cores and windings selected for the particular application. Tim N3QE On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Bob Camp <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: > Hi > > What time (note the tie in to be on topic for the list :) will their > retail location open on Thanksgiving? > > Spending quality time on the auction sites can yield some pretty > substantial discounts on RF transformers. The search process is not simple > due to the crazy range of part numbers. > > Once you have the transformer you get to decide how to handle coax > grounds. In most cases the solution either creates a bunch of problems or > it eliminates any benefit of transformer isolation. > > Bob > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 27, 2014, at 7:55 AM, Jim Lux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > Time to stock up on those transformers, mixers, amplifiers<grin> > > > > "Throughout the month of December, all online orders of any quantity of > any Mini-Circuits catalog model from our web store on minicircuits.com > will receive a 10% *discount! > > " > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
