Do a web search for the part number, and you'll get quite a few hits
showing sites that have them for sale.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Mike Silva wrote:
Caution: this may be the most unimportant post you read today (or this
month, or this year, or...)

Anyway, I haven't been in the market for QRP-level transistors for a
long time, having laid in a lifetime's supply years ago, but today
just for fun I searched for some of the usual suspects from the past
(2N3553, 2N3866, 2N4427, MRF237, 2N5109, 2SC799, etc) on Ebay and
found almost nothing to be had. This greatly surprised me, as I was
expecting to find all of my old friends readily available. So, are
the "old standards" really hard to find now, or are they still readily
available (outside of Ebay), or what???

I have to mention the irony that I am able to find any vacuum tube I
could possibly want on Ebay, including dozens of types that would make
excellent QRP finals, from a seemingly unlimited number of sellers!
:-)

73,
Mike, KK6GM

Do a web search for the part number, and you'll get quite a few hits
showing sites that have them for sale.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Mike Silva wrote:
Caution: this may be the most unimportant post you read today (or this
month, or this year, or...)

Anyway, I haven't been in the market for QRP-level transistors for a
long time, having laid in a lifetime's supply years ago, but today
just for fun I searched for some of the usual suspects from the past
(2N3553, 2N3866, 2N4427, MRF237, 2N5109, 2SC799, etc) on Ebay and
found almost nothing to be had. This greatly surprised me, as I was
expecting to find all of my old friends readily available. So, are
the "old standards" really hard to find now, or are they still readily
available (outside of Ebay), or what???

I have to mention the irony that I am able to find any vacuum tube I
could possibly want on Ebay, including dozens of types that would make
excellent QRP finals, from a seemingly unlimited number of sellers!
:-)

73,
Mike, KK6GM

"Mike Silva" wrote in message
om...
Caution: this may be the most unimportant post you read today (or this
month, or this year, or...)

Anyway, I haven't been in the market for QRP-level transistors for a
long time, having laid in a lifetime's supply years ago, but today
just for fun I searched for some of the usual suspects from the past
(2N3553, 2N3866, 2N4427, MRF237, 2N5109, 2SC799, etc) on Ebay and
found almost nothing to be had. This greatly surprised me, as I was
expecting to find all of my old friends readily available. So, are
the "old standards" really hard to find now, or are they still readily
available (outside of Ebay), or what???

Those devices don't seem to be manufactured any more. I checked a couple of
manufacturers' web sites a couple of weeks ago and couldn't find them. One
or two suppliers here in the UK still stock them, but they are quite
expensive.

Leon
--
Leon Heller, G1HSM

http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller

"Mike Silva" wrote in message
om...
Caution: this may be the most unimportant post you read today (or this
month, or this year, or...)

Anyway, I haven't been in the market for QRP-level transistors for a
long time, having laid in a lifetime's supply years ago, but today
just for fun I searched for some of the usual suspects from the past
(2N3553, 2N3866, 2N4427, MRF237, 2N5109, 2SC799, etc) on Ebay and
found almost nothing to be had. This greatly surprised me, as I was
expecting to find all of my old friends readily available. So, are
the "old standards" really hard to find now, or are they still readily
available (outside of Ebay), or what???

Those devices don't seem to be manufactured any more. I checked a couple of
manufacturers' web sites a couple of weeks ago and couldn't find them. One
or two suppliers here in the UK still stock them, but they are quite
expensive.

Leon
--
Leon Heller, G1HSM

http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller

use a wildcard, as some of the devices are quite specific in their
descriptors -- thus if you want a 2SC799 and someone is selling a 2SC799A it
won't search up -- ergo search with 2SC79*

"Mike Silva" wrote in message
om...
Caution: this may be the most unimportant post you read today (or this
month, or this year, or...)

Anyway, I haven't been in the market for QRP-level transistors for a
long time, having laid in a lifetime's supply years ago, but today
just for fun I searched for some of the usual suspects from the past
(2N3553, 2N3866, 2N4427, MRF237, 2N5109, 2SC799, etc) on Ebay and
found almost nothing to be had. This greatly surprised me, as I was
expecting to find all of my old friends readily available. So, are
the "old standards" really hard to find now, or are they still readily
available (outside of Ebay), or what???

I have to mention the irony that I am able to find any vacuum tube I
could possibly want on Ebay, including dozens of types that would make
excellent QRP finals, from a seemingly unlimited number of sellers!
:-)

73,
Mike, KK6GM

"John Walton" wrote in message ...
use a wildcard, as some of the devices are quite specific in their
descriptors -- thus if you want a 2SC799 and someone is selling a 2SC799A it
won't search up -- ergo search with 2SC79*

Your advice is on the mark. I've gotten to the point where I *never*
spell out an entire word or part number on ebay! Hint to hams: lots
of sellers can't spell "amateur" :-)

73,
Mike, KK6GM

"John Walton" wrote in message ...
use a wildcard, as some of the devices are quite specific in their
descriptors -- thus if you want a 2SC799 and someone is selling a 2SC799A it
won't search up -- ergo search with 2SC79*

Your advice is on the mark. I've gotten to the point where I *never*
spell out an entire word or part number on ebay! Hint to hams: lots
of sellers can't spell "amateur" :-)

73,
Mike, KK6GM

use a wildcard, as some of the devices are quite specific in their
descriptors -- thus if you want a 2SC799 and someone is selling a 2SC799A it
won't search up -- ergo search with 2SC79*

"Mike Silva" wrote in message
om...
Caution: this may be the most unimportant post you read today (or this
month, or this year, or...)

Anyway, I haven't been in the market for QRP-level transistors for a
long time, having laid in a lifetime's supply years ago, but today
just for fun I searched for some of the usual suspects from the past
(2N3553, 2N3866, 2N4427, MRF237, 2N5109, 2SC799, etc) on Ebay and
found almost nothing to be had. This greatly surprised me, as I was
expecting to find all of my old friends readily available. So, are
the "old standards" really hard to find now, or are they still readily
available (outside of Ebay), or what???

I have to mention the irony that I am able to find any vacuum tube I
could possibly want on Ebay, including dozens of types that would make
excellent QRP finals, from a seemingly unlimited number of sellers!
:-)

73,
Mike, KK6GM

Mike Silva wrote:
Caution: this may be the most unimportant post you read today (or this
month, or this year, or...)

Anyway, I haven't been in the market for QRP-level transistors for a
long time, having laid in a lifetime's supply years ago, but today
just for fun I searched for some of the usual suspects from the past
(2N3553, 2N3866, 2N4427, MRF237, 2N5109, 2SC799, etc) on Ebay and
found almost nothing to be had. This greatly surprised me, as I was
expecting to find all of my old friends readily available. So, are
the "old standards" really hard to find now, or are they still readily
available (outside of Ebay), or what???

I have to mention the irony that I am able to find any vacuum tube I
could possibly want on Ebay, including dozens of types that would make
excellent QRP finals, from a seemingly unlimited number of sellers!
:-)

73,
Mike, KK6GM

I have seen 2n3866's on ebay a while ago. They do pop up from time to time.
Enter a search on your 'my ebay' page and have it set to email you when
something shows up. You might have to wait a month or two, but something
will turn up, if history is any example.

just for fun I searched for some of the usual suspects from the past
(2N3553, 2N3866, 2N4427, MRF237, 2N5109, 2SC799, etc) on Ebay and
found almost nothing to be had.

Ebay Germany
http://listings.ebay.de/pool2/plisti.../index.html?fr
om=R4 has a large section with electronics components (much larger dan E-bay
UK for example) Payment may be awkward, as the common way is bank transfer.

Wim

Wim