Re: Type 184 Time Mark Generator Transistor Question
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Everybody counterfeits everything.
Anything that sells for 3 cents a piece in bags of 100 is fair game for counterfeiting.
The crooks pump this stuff out by
the millions, and make their nut by mis-labeling garbage.*
And -- since they're basically mis-labeling substandard parts that sell for a penny in hundred-lots, they make a 300% price up-sell by calling a 2N_CACA a 2N3904.
For low-speed switching apps, it really doesn't matter. ?But for RF amplification, we're screwed.
73 Jim N6OTQ
* ?For high-value devices they actually make and package garbage dies that will pass minimal tests. ?It's exactly the same as how the Chinese dumped melamine into dog food and baby formula -- it passed the minimal tests for protein content.
From: David
To: TekScopes@...
Sent: Sunday,
January 20, 2013 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Re: Type 184 Time Mark Generator Transistor Question
Has someone actually counterfeited 2N3904s?? How desperate did they have to be? On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:19:02 -0800 (PST), Jim < n6otq@...> wrote: >I hope they're not counterfeit .... > >You should test a few to see where Ft seems to be. > >73 >Jim N6ITQ? ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: ? ? <*> Your email settings: ? ? Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go
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