Hi Brian .... I think I've seen that call on QRP-L or maybe the Microchip
forum.

If you're willing to ship to mister35mm and you got 'em for $6/100, $1/5 in
the TO18, that's pretty darn hard to beat

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"Brian" wrote in message
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My company doesn't charge for shipping. We're surplus new old
stock....the selection isn't huge but it's cheap.

http://www.hamradparts.com



"xpyttl" wrote in message
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"Brian" wrote in message
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it though. If it doesn't work, a handful of PN2222's can be had for less
than a couple of bucks.

BG Micro has the metal ones, that you tend to use in the final, for a
quarter, the plastic ones you use for anything else for 6 cents. They
have surface mount MMBT2222A's for 4 cents.

2N2222's are handy little transistors that show up everywhere, and any
time you need any old NPN, a 2N2222 will generally do, so it never hurts
to have a few hundred in the parts drawer. And at $6/100, it doesn't
hurt the wallet all that bad, either.

Of course, BG shipping to merrie auld England probably isn't all that
pretty, but Farnell or some other local supplier must have something
comparable. I'm sure there must be a BC equivalent ... I bet if you
found the cheapest NPN it would be the same thing. You might shoot off a
note to George or Ian, or perhaps take a peek at the G-QRP's Circuit
Handbook. They seem to love the daylights out of the BC108, so I bet it
is comparable (although I don't have any data on that to compare).

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