Hi I believe I made that point earlier. The main complaint is the difficulty of getting the correct cores. I seem to have a few dozen bags of cores. I still go shopping for more as projects come up
Bob Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2014, at 9:07 AM, Tim Shoppa <tsho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.