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and drawn on a UK bank).

Tin Plate boxes (new), popular with microwavers for projects.

The box sizes in stock are (Prices may vary from time to time depending upon the Pound-Euro exchange rate at the time I purchase)
..................w x l x h ......dimensions in mm
1000101   37 x 37 x 30     at £2.10ea.
1000102   37 x 74 x 30     at £2.50ea.
1000103   37 x 111 x 30   at £2.50ea.
1000104 37 x 148 x 30     at £3.20ea.
1000105 55.5 x 74 x 30 ......at £3.20ea.
1000106 55.5 x 111 x 30 ....at £3.70ea.
1000107 55.5 x 148 x 30     at £4.20ea.
1000109   74 x 111 x 30      at £4.20ea.
1000110 74 x 148 x 30 .......at £4.70ea
1000112   37 x 55,5 x 30     at £2.40ea.
1000183 55.5 x 55.5 x 40mm ( for John's OCXO ) £4.00

Other sizes can be ordered to suit your requirements, please ask. Please note it is easy to make boxes of a different, shorter, length from these by pruning the long side wall. You are of course left with a "too long" lid but at least you have only one flange to fold to alter that, after cutting the lid down. If fact, reforming the lid flange is not actually necessary and the cropped lid can be secured with a couple of dabs of solder.....not as pretty though....I am sure our German friends would not approve !

Other sizes not stocked.....at present ...Please ask I can add your requirements to my next order
30mm high series
1000108 74 x 74 x 30
1000111 102 x 162 x 30

50mm high series
1000151 37 x 37 x 50
1000152 37 x 74 x 50
1000153 37 x 111 x 50
1000154 37 x 148 x 50
1000155 55,5 x 74 x 50
1000156 55,5 x 111 x 50
1000157 55,5 x 148 x 50
1000158 74 x 74 x 50
1000159 74 x 111 x 50
1000160 74 x 148 x 50
1000161 102 x 162 x 50
1000183   55 x 55,5 x 40..... (OCXO) see above

Diecast Aluminium boxes (new) external dimensions
111 x 60 x 30 mm................................at £3.50ea. or 4 off at £12.00
120 x 95 x 53 mm................................at £6.50ea.
188 x 120 x 53 mm..............................at £9.20ea.

Gasketed Grey Plastic Boxes (plain walls inside)external dimensions
173 x 120 x 55 mm..............................at £7.50ea.

Filter boxes (Tin-plate). These come in two sizes, they have the same width and height (20mm square) but are available 37mm and 55mm lengths. They
are pre-punched at both ends to take BNC connectors (with the alignment "flat") and can be supplied as a kit with either grounded or isolated BNC sockets
They are ideal for isolating transformers and small in-line filters or attenuators

The Precision Detector pcb populated and full working details at http://www.alan.melia.btinternet.co.uk/Pdetpcb.htm This is a temperature compensated diode detector intended for use between about 1 and 4GHz. It can be used at lower frequencies by modifying the input choke from a meander line to a wound component. If used with the strip-line coupler in one of the amplifier pcbs you can have a 3.5GHz power meter (its original purpose) The operational amplifer will drive a m/c meter and provides gain and offset adjustments.I have been advised that this is usable at 5GHz but have not tried it there myself. (meander line left as is, not shortened) The fully populated, ready to go, pcb and 3 pages of information .........................................at £5.00

Coax adapters.(new) These are not of the highest quality but are adequate for most purposes, I suspect the insulation is PVC rather than PTFE
N-Female to SMA-Female.......................at £2.50ea.
N-Male to SMA-Male.............................at £2.50ea.
SMA-Female to SMA-Female (barrel).....at £1.20ea.
BNC-Male to SMA-Male........................at £2.00ea.
BNC-Female to SMA-Male.....................at £2.00ea.
BNC-Male to SMA-Female.....................at£2.00ea.

N-type Socket (F) bulkhead four hole flanged fixing, 1/2in. cable (UR67) out., Greenpar silver-plated..............£2.00 ea.
UHF (so called !!) PL-259 nickel-plated for UR-67, ferrule and gasket+nut to clamp braid...............................£1.50 ea.

Gold plated good quality two hole bulkhead mounting SMA female launcher(long PTFE extension) .......2 for £2.50 back in stock
N-type 2W 50ohm load Good to 1.3GHz (RL 30dB at 1Ghz and 25dB at 1.3GHz measured )........................£2.50
1watt SMA 50 ohm loads (make unknown) but 30dB RL measured at 10.5GHz..............................................£2.00ea.

3 terminal TO-220 positive Voltage regulator 7812 (12v) and 7808 (8v) ..............................at 50p.ea.
3 terminal TO-220 negative Voltage regulator 7908 (-8v) and 7905 (-5v).............................at 50p.ea.
3 terminal TO-92 positive low power voltage regulator (100mA) 78LO5 (5v)........................2 for 50p
GP Si Diodes 1N4005 600v PIV 1A..............................................................................25 for 50p
2N3819 FETs .................................................................................................................2 for 50p
J310 Fets.....................................................................................................................3 for £1.00

RS-232 Cannon D-9 pin (new) male to male gender-changer..............................................£0.50p
Cannon D-9
male right-angle PCB mount new.....................................................................£0.20p
Serial port adapters
D-25 female to D-9 male
...................................................................................................£0.50p ea.
D-25 male to D-9 female
...................................................................................................£0.50p ea.

Cannon D25 (used) M or F free plug with plastic shell..........................................................£0.50

3.5mm to 3.5mm moulded audio jack-plug leads approx 70cm..............................................£0.50p

Illuminated Head-band Magnifier (marked "Velleman" ), for those like me suffering eyesight degradation, as a help to aid
in the fabrication of SMD populated pcbs. Two levels of magnification, and a flip-down loup. I dont
bother with the battery illumination facility prefering to use a desk lamp................................only...£6.00ea.

Manual Vacuum Pencil do you have trouble with tweezers sending those small SMD caps into orbit? Try
this manual vacuum pencil with straight or angled nozzel and three cap sizes......................only £7.00ea.

Quality 10MHz HC49/U crystal (Farnell part 103-887) 10ppm tempco ................................at £1.50ea.

Bird Model 43 Power meter manual ......pdf file 1Mb..................................................................FREE

GPIB / HPIB / IEEE-488 stackable interconnecting leads, There are used but visibly in good condition though there may be
a little surface rust on some of the fixing screws. They are "good makes" like IOTECH, Amplicon, RS Components etc.,
and all have a double ended connector at both ends. At this price they are not electrically tested !!
0.5 metre length...............................£1.50ea
1.0 metre length...............................£2.00ea.
2.0 metre length...............................£3.50ea.

Vintage (1960s) transistor VSWR meter This unit is effectively a 2 channel (optionally) tuned audio amplifier with a nice big 6in.x 4in m/c
meter, The "works" are enclosed in a metal box which is set in a very attractive plastic case with a carry handle. The power is suplied by two
1.5 volt batteries possibly two NiCds of AA size. Unfortunately whilst the holder tube is "Tufnol" and is not damged, the spring contact at the
back is slightly corroded but could easily be replacd or cleaned up. It will require the pop-rivets drilling out which I have not done,
but is an easy repair. I have hooked a flying lead on to an external 3v supply, and the meter fuctions well.....just the job
for your aerial test range, and will save you building Roger GM3PMK's design up.............................................£25.00

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