Gang,
As most of us usually do and I know you do, you just
probably won't admit it, when we go to Dayton, NorCal,
AZ, NJ, NE, NW, .... and all the other meetings there
is always someone there who has parts.
I was thinking, here are some of the reasons why people
give up ownership of parts:
1. They are old and were bought at one time for a
"project" that never got done or became rapidly
obsolete or forgotten.
2. Someone gave them to the individual as a 'gift' or
'maybe you can find a use for this'.
3. They got them at a surplus sale along with a ton of
other stuff.
4. They got too many of these anyway.
..... and the list goes on and on.
And these guys and girls know that there are individuals
like me that have a $5 or $10 bill in the pocket that has
their name on it. :-)
Lee Stanford KM6LA at the NorCal meeting had a bag of
2N2222a metal case transistors and was selling them at
a very good price. Two things - they had a bright blue dot
marked on the top with a marker and they had the short leads with
curve like used for auto-insertion equipment.
Hey, the price is right. I know that just about every rig I
have and will ever have has a 2N2222 in it. Heaven forbid that
one should ever ever fail and I'm without a spare (not that I
don't have any spares already). At a dime a piece how can I
go wrong. Why they are $0.16 mail order. :-) A guy could go
broke....
So when I get home and over the weekend out comes the old
Heathkit transistor and FET checker. OK, haven't used this
thing in 10 years, where is the manual. OH, there it is on the
bookshelf. OK, charge up two D nicads to power it. Now is that
an NPN or PNP for a 2N2222? You can tell you are a dweeb when
you don't have to look it up. ;-)
Wow, gain of 220 just like the Motorola manual says it should be.
DC of course. Looks good. Lee the critters are good. I'll
let you know when I'm gonna be at the next meeting. I'm always
looking for good deals. Like when I walked into Woolworth's
in Santa Fe, NM and there on display were bottles of clear
fingernail polish for $1 each. I told the sales lady that
I really had let my nails go too long and they were such a
mess and I really had to have two bottles. Phyllis was hiding
a couple of isles over not wanting anyone to know who she
was with.
So, once again, another good deal. Now, let's see - airfare,
rent-a-car, meals and lodging maybe I better re-think this
thing.......... Nah. Seeing the gang was worth it.
I'm sure that all of you have noted that when something comes
up for sale on this group it does seem to sell in about 30
minutes are less. We do seem to have the same addiction. :-)
SIG
Chuck Adams K5FO adams@sgi.com DXCC=8
http://reality.sgi.com/employees/adams_dallas/
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