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Digikey dot com provided the inductors and the mica caps I needed to build up a couple of my Lil Squal/Beaconator Band modules. I needed 3.3uH and .330uH inductors plus misc small values. In a previous build, I was able to parallel a 27pf and 56pf cap to get 83pf for the 82pf the chart required (close enough to the tolerance band hopefully), but it is so much nicer to have the actual value in my bin already. For 10M I chose to wind two toroids for the band module using the chart from the Super Tuna band modules.

I ordered an 18.096 MHz (QRP Freq) crystal for 17M from Vakits dot com, which also has some varied 7 MHz crystals for a more complete coverage of the 40M band CW portions. These guys have some of the electronic parts Digikey did not and if in stock I get the order in 3 days typically.

I have a father-in-law just out of the Hospital who went into Rehab so I am time-challenged to do my anticipated POTA activation, but after we get the inside and outside of his RV refurbished I instead to POTA several times before we head north out of FL for the winter toward Chicago in April and then Colorado in May for the summer to work.

Davey --KU9L