Mike, I get my caps and electrolytics from Tony's capacitor corner also. I used to get a lot from Sal also. Sal used to give me a few extra, once in a while. Tony did pretty good, I was missing one cap from my order. He refunded me the cost of the missing part. Very nice guy. Will order from him again. I order 100's of caps at a time. Love your channel. Keep up the good work.
After Radio Shack when under and the local supply stores were bought out forcing to look on internet. I really liked the local stores they would have a huge inventory and was nice to see what you were getting right then.
I’m into the model railroad stuff, and dabble in some electronics using various sizes of LED’s, resistors, capacitors etc., and I find the Mouser and Digikey websites extremely difficult to navigate! Everything I’ve purchased has been from Amazon, and I’ve had no problems with anything I’ve ever purchased!
I have dealt with him and bought stashes to fill bins with those handy yellow caps. They work fine in all the radios I have put them in. Plus they are small if you are obsessive and restuff old paper caps on special radios.
I have been buying some tubes from a tube dealer in northern Ohio who has a website. He delivers the goods. His prices on new or tested used are as good or better than the usual auction site gougers and he stands behind them. I have occasionally used that auction site and the only thing is you have to waste alot of time searching for the best price and avoiding "untested" and bad feedback sellers etc. But some people apparently do not care about cost very much. IF they can pass along the cost to someone and convince them that high prices are necessary now.
@TomSherwood it’s been extremely frustrating these last few yrs getting decent tubes even at high prices, horrible. Mind sharing the dealer you source from so I can try my luck with them? Thanks in advance
I didnt say you needed a specific type of cap. I said in that selection you can find all the caps needed to do an S38. Cheap. And have spares left over.
@ oh ok misunderstood. I thought maybe you were saying they were better for that radio in which case I would have changed mine. Thank you for clarifying
The Amateur Radio handbook They are published each year. Look for older ones in the 50s and 60s. Also older amateur radio magazines. Go to your local hamfests. There are plenty of websites to look at too.
I found a major problem with some of the resistor kits on Amazon. The leads were made of steel or iron. I recommend trying a magnet to the leads. Send them back and record which companies are selling those. I have also bought a lot of good components too. The Ben Eater channel recommends an excellent breadboard brand.
Its not s problem at all. Transistors resistors capacitors and many other devices are now coming with steel tinned leads. There has been extensive testing on this subject along skin depth analysis. Expecting everything to be tinned copper now a days is a very big ask for almost unmeasurable gain.
Mike, I get my caps and electrolytics from Tony's capacitor corner also. I used to get a lot from Sal also. Sal used to give me a few extra, once in a while. Tony did pretty good, I was missing one cap from my order. He refunded me the cost of the missing part. Very nice guy. Will order from him again. I order 100's of caps at a time. Love your channel. Keep up the good work.
After Radio Shack when under and the local supply stores were bought out forcing to look on internet.
I really liked the local stores they would have a huge inventory and was nice to see what you were getting right then.
I’m into the model railroad stuff, and dabble in some electronics using various sizes of LED’s, resistors, capacitors etc., and I find the Mouser and Digikey websites extremely difficult to navigate! Everything I’ve purchased has been from Amazon, and I’ve had no problems with anything I’ve ever purchased!
Miss the two great surplus electronic stores, an electronic store and just a little for Radio Shack.
Hi Mike !! It's good to see you again, haven't seen you here on you tube for a while. Hope all has been well.
Thanks! We're good here and ready to cause some trouble this winter. Got some great projects coming up.
@@MikesRadioRepairRestoration ; I'm looking forward to the upcoming projects !
For us project and hobby guys, In the past I've been using Newark and they don't mind smaller orders!
Great info Mike thanks for sharing!
Hey Tom! Good to see you so to speak!
@@MikesRadioRepairRestoration Great to see you as well and A new video!
Mike I have bought and known sal for many years and I too buy from Tony too, !!
I just happened to make an order with Tony's Capacitor Corner right before I saw this.
I have dealt with him and bought stashes to fill bins with those handy yellow caps. They work fine in all the radios I have put them in. Plus they are small if you are obsessive and restuff old paper caps on special radios.
Thank you Mike. Good information. Kind regards.
What sucks is you can’t find local stuff anymore. It’s all basically on line orders. In my area at least .
Good video. Subscribed.
uh yeah...
That's quite a stash you have there.
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Hi Mike. I hope you are still going to have a video on "The poor man's spectrum analyzer". Good video. John
Hey John! Great to have you back with us again. Yes I hope to get that cat skinned this winter. So much to do, so little time :)
Great video,! Thanks!
I have been buying some tubes from a tube dealer in northern Ohio who has a website. He delivers the goods. His prices on new or tested used are as good or better than the usual auction site gougers and he stands behind them. I have occasionally used that auction site and the only thing is you have to waste alot of time searching for the best price and avoiding "untested" and bad feedback sellers etc. But some people apparently do not care about cost very much. IF they can pass along the cost to someone and convince them that high prices are necessary now.
@TomSherwood it’s been extremely frustrating these last few yrs getting decent tubes even at high prices, horrible. Mind sharing the dealer you source from so I can try my luck with them? Thanks in advance
JAN is "Joint Army Navy"
Curious why you said you needed the specific type of capacitor for a S38? I am doing one now and was using the yellow ones
I didnt say you needed a specific type of cap. I said in that selection you can find all the caps needed to do an S38. Cheap. And have spares left over.
@ oh ok misunderstood. I thought maybe you were saying they were better for that radio in which case I would have changed mine. Thank you for clarifying
Mike, for us "newbies "just getting into the radio repair/restoration hobby, are there any books or publications that you could suggest we pick up ?
The Amateur Radio handbook They are published each year. Look for older ones in the 50s and 60s. Also older amateur radio magazines. Go to your local hamfests. There are plenty of websites to look at too.
I found a major problem with some of the resistor kits on Amazon. The leads were made of steel or iron. I recommend trying a magnet to the leads. Send them back and record which companies are selling those. I have also bought a lot of good components too. The Ben Eater channel recommends an excellent breadboard brand.
Its not s problem at all. Transistors resistors capacitors and many other devices are now coming with steel tinned leads. There has been extensive testing on this subject along skin depth analysis. Expecting everything to be tinned copper now a days is a very big ask for almost unmeasurable gain.
Three guessed where steel lead components are made : 1) cheating china. 2) lying china 3) lack if quality control Communist no good china!
Where are you located?
Thats not information I give out on the open web for security reasons. Im sure you understand.