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Digikey, Mouser, Element14(Newark+the old MCM electronics) are your best bet. Lots of Higher voltage caps and some carbon film resistors, but I don't see a reason to not use film resistors for replacements. For Instance, I just received a Mouser order with some Vishay non-inductive power Film resistors, they work fine at RF and thermally stable too. Film resistors replaced Carbon resistors years ago.

Get used to using the search filters and whittle down to the parts your looking for. They have thousands of parts, and the only way to find something is to know what you need and search for it.

The minimum order limits are long gone too, I don't think the big guys have minimums anymore.

Cheers

If you're a hobbyist, you can buy new stuff direct from China on ebay. Way cheaper. You can also get free HT caps out of almost anything with a mains smpsu in. I'd avoid fitting decades old caps, the failure rate is too high now. Where looks matter, ie mainly pre-war stuff, restuffing is an option f or caps, and new resistors can hide under old o/c ones.

NT

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you must be using a weird ebay, you can get a kit with 25 of each value for a few $ and free shipping

Neither Mouser nor Digi-Key has a minimum order these days. However, minimum _shipping_ cost is an issue... even the cheapest method (usually first-class parcel) costs enought that ordering just a half-dozen resistors doesn't make sense.

Digi-Key does still offer a "mail-order" method with a benefit: if you send in your order by mail, and include a check for payment in full, they'll ship the order to you (their choice of methods) at no charge. I haven't discovered whether there's a way for you to "pre-fill" an order on-line (and then either submit it for processing, or print it out in a mailable format) - lacking that I suppose the thing to do is fill it out in a spreadsheet, with all of the proper part numbers, and print that.

There are plenty of vendors on eBay and elsewhere who sell various parts assortments - kits of resistors and capacitors. Most of these are probably generic Chinese-made parts, and I can't swear to the quality of them, but they're probably a reasonable way to stock up on noncritical parts at a modest cost.

A URL link would be nice.........

onsdag den 19. december 2018 kl. 01.27.19 UTC+1 skrev snipped-for-privacy@myshop.com:

a few random pick, there are far to many to list

I have ordered some resistor and cpacitor assortments off ebay. MOst come from China or other orental countries. They seem ok to me. I would stay away from their simiconductors as many have reported problems. Friend bought some transistors and they were bad. I bought some 20 watt RF transistors and while suppose rated to over 30 mhz, thye were only good up to about 1 mhz.

They functioned to 30 mhz, but instead of 25 watts for a pair, I could only get about 2 watts. Subistuted in some Americn transistors and the power came right up to spec.

Mouser or Digikey would be OK. Get some sample kits maybe. You can email them and ask about an account.

Amazon has an impressive lot of components and test equipment and chocolate.

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There are other web sites catering to hobbyist tube focused folks, but these guys are where we get 90% of our tube equipment caps.

John :-#)#

y cheaper. You can also get free HT caps out of almost anything with a main s smpsu in. I'd avoid fitting decades old caps, the failure rate is too hig h now. Where looks matter, ie mainly pre-war stuff, restuffing is an option for caps, and new resistors can hide under old o/c ones.

I usually look on Aliexpress and only use Ebay now and then. Ali is usuall y about 20% cheaper than Ebay. The big draw back is delivery time.

I also buy some stuff at thrift stores and a local scrap yard.

Dan

Wait, chocolate?

Where do you live? You need to find a nearby bloke with overflowing old parts bins, who'd appreciate a fellow enthusiast. Then you'd both be all set. A suggestion: Use real names and real addresses. Get connected.

Anyone ever heard of AVNet? avnet.com

I was at their office north of Boston a few weeks ago trying to attend a conference I had signed up for but there weren't any signs for visitors, didn't know where it was being held. Went up to their office on an upper floor it looked deserted, couldn't find anyone to ask. Maybe they were all at the conference wherever it was.

I wrote them asking for a refund on the conference fee, still haven't heard back. I'd never heard of them before, are they a real company or just some kind of money-laundering operation?

Avnet doesn't distribute chocolate.

I kinda wish they did I bet I wouldn't have had to leave disappointed _and_ hungry

That's how composition resistors were made:

fit one terminal, fill the tube with composition, fit the other terminal, bake, measure, paint. If the only problem is moisture, baking should fix them.

Digikey has free US shipping if you order by mail and include a check for the purchase.

Else yeah shipping costs apply below some minimum.

So far as I know no minimum order, shipping depends where you are and what day of the year it is. if you order enough regular shipping is free.

Aliexpress has surplus lots with cheap shipping, but the range of parts is limited and variable.

Not long ago I found an assortment of 1W and greater random selections of carbon-comp resistors. Those are a bit harder to find and more expensive than the carbon film type but are useful sometimes.

Mouser and DigiKey both have no minimum; Jameco has a $5 adder if total order is below some value (forget amount). Surplus Sales of Nebraska sells tubes of various types, along with the hardware.

Fair Radio Sales is still around. I used to buy from them when I was a kid. They still have some WWII surplus tubes.