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From: [e-mail] (John F. Woods)
Subject: My List of Mail Order Electronics Companies
Date: 11 Jul 1994 13:33:09 GMT

A long-delayed update, as usual :-).

[ $Revision: 2.17 $; last updated July 11, 1994 ]
[ Author:  John Woods, WB7EEL, [e-mail], [e-mail] ]

Here is my list of companies which will sell electronic components in
small quantities.  Many of these places I have bought from, several
I haven't.  Being a ham radio operator, I am most interested in
RF components, and in particular, air variable capacitors, which tend to be
scarce (and tend to be used or surplus even if I've otherwise labelled the
seller as "NEW").

Categories are:
NEW COMPONENTS  Distributors and sellers of new components, or "new and some
        used" in a couple of cases.
SURPLUS ELECTRONICS     Usually overstocks, occasionally used equipment.
        Ideal for stocking the junkbox, usually have dependable stock lines
        of resistors, capacitors, and some semiconductors, but won't have
        those LCD modules forever...  An invaluable resource, don't shy away
        from them.
SPECIALTY COMPONENTS    In particular, crystals and toroidal cores.
KITS    Ham radio kits, random electronic kits, whatever they have.
LITTLE GUYS     Separated out because of some twisted sentimentality,
        I suppose.  Intended to honor one or two ham spare-bedroom
        operations.  Note that sending $1 along with catalog requests
        is a big help for these folks.
PUBLICATIONS    A small selection of publications dealing with electronics,
        especially RF electronics.
QRP CLUB PUBLICATIONS   Clubs for low-power amateur radio enthusiasts;
        frequently have publications with quite a bit of technical content
        (which is why I'm a member of QRP clubs headquartered thousands
        of miles from where I live :-).  Note, this is generally practical
        technical content (how to build it) rather than theoretical technical
        content (why it works), but definitely more than Contester's
Quarterly.

Note on shipping costs:  I don't always update these frequently enough, and
they're generally for continental US unless otherwise mentioned.

NEW COMPONENTS:

Digi-Key
701 Brooks Ave. South
P.O.Box 677
Thief River Falls, MN 56701-0677
+1-800-DIGI-KEY (334-4539)
[phone] (FAX)
No minimum, $5 handling under $25, free and very complete catalog, very nice
indeed.  Prices aren't always the best, but rarely excessive.  Weak on RF
specialty parts (though they now have the ever-popular NE602AN), but they do
have blue LEDs.

Mouser Electronics      Mouser Electronics      Mouser Electronics
  11433 Woodside Ave.   2401 Highway 287 North  12 Emery Ave.
  Santee CA 92071       Mansfield TX 76063      Randolf NJ 07869
Mouser Electronics
  370 Tomkins Court
  Gilroy CA 95020
Catalog Subscriptions:  [phone] (Continental US only)
Sales & Service:        (800) 34-MOUSER (800-346-6873) (US, Puerto R., Canada)
Very complete catalog of brand-new components (though no air variables).
Usually quick service, $20 "minimum" ($5 charge under $20).  When ordering,
you may want to be sure to ask about availability and shipping locations;
they have several warehouses, and frequently orders will get sent from several
warehouses (which drives up the shipping costs).  Export orders have a $100
minimum, except for Canada and Mexico.

Ocean State Electronics
P.O. Box 1458
Westerly RI 02891
[phone] (orders)
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
Minimum $5, S&H $4, free catalog.  Wide array of RF parts, especially
air variables and B&W coils.

Radiokit                (store is located at:)
P.O.Box 973             169 Jeremy Hill Rd.
Pelham NH 03076         Pelham NH 03076
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
No minimum ($3 service charge if under $20), many kits, lots of J. W. Miller
chokes & coils, B&W coils, RF switches, Millen variable capacitors, lots of
parts in general.  As of 24-Feb-94, they are again STILL out of catalogs,
and just barely might have one by Dayton this year.  They do accept mail
orders, but you'll have to call for prices and availability.  A classified ad
in 3/94 QST says "Call/SASE", I guess they may have fliers.

Circuit Specialists Inc
P. O. Box 3047
Scottsdale AZ 85271-3047
[phone]
No minimum with check or money order, $15 otherwise.  $3 S&H.
New electronics, good RF assortment, increasing infestation of computers.

Active Electronics
11 Cummings Park                237 Hymus Blvd
Woburn MA 01801                 Pointe Claire, Quebec, H9R 5C7
[phone] (Main number for US and Canada)
[phone] (International)
[phone] (FAX)
$25 minimum, $5 S&H UPS, catalog has a "$10 Suggested retail price" but they
sent mine for free.  They have 7(?) stores in the US (Chicago IL;
Baltimore MD; Woburn MA; Detroit MI; Mt. Laurel NJ; Long Island NY; Seattle
WA)
and 10 stores in Canada (Quebec City; Montreal (2); Ottawa; Mississuaga;
Winnipeg; Calgary; Toronto; Edmonton; Vancouver BC).  Each store has its own
800 number and FAX number, call the main number(s).  International orders are
to be mailed to the Canadian address, but they want payment in US funds!
Lots of stuff, oriented more toward supplying last-minute requirements of
companies than hobbyists, but perfectly happy to take your money in small
doses (stores have no minimum order).  The $25 minimum for certain items is
no longer explicit, but they note that some items will "ship in factory
minimum package quantities", which might be worse.

Maplin Electronics Ltd.,
P.O. Box 3,
Rayleigh,
Essex,
SS6  8LR
     U.K.
Phone numbers:  your international code [phone] for sales
                                        [phone] Fax
                                        [phone] Tech
enquiries(2-4pmGMT)
"Over here [in the United Kingdom] the main hobbyist electronics supplier is
Maplin Electronics who stock a wide variety of equipment.  They have a
catalogue which can be shipped for 10.65 pounds sterling by air or 5.50 pounds
sterling by surface mail. They accept Mastercard, American Express and
International Reply Coupons. They have at least one type of air-filled
variable capacitor!"  (Thanks to Kev White at Cambridge University).

Newark Electronics
 Send catalog requests to:
 Newark Electronics
 ATTENTION CATALOG DEPARTMENT
 4801 N. Ravenswood Ave.
 Chicago IL 60640-4496
 [phone]
They don't have a single mail address or phone; instead, one is supposed
to call the closest of three pages worth of branch offices.  I don't feel
like typing in the entire list (it's copyrighted, anyway :-), so send email
for your "local" distributor, or call their administrative offices at the
number above.  They have a $25 minimum order; they are a Real Distributor,
but accept small orders (over the minimum, of course).  Their catalog
currently 1488 pages; they are very complete (except, of course, for my
favorite scarce item, the air-variable capacitor).  Note that the catalog
prices tend not to match reality all that often, so order by phone rather
than by mail; prices tend to be higher than other places, but they have a lot
of things that are hard to find from other outlets.  Also note that they have
six Canadian offices, and one UK office, and will take international orders
at 500 N. Pulaski St., Chicago IL 60624-1019, [phone]
(FAX [phone], TLX 6718690 NEWARK U).

Arrow Electronics, Inc.         Catalog requests to:
Catalog Division                Catalog Division
1860 Smithtown Ave.             25 Hub Drive
Ronkonkoma NY 11779             Melville NY 11747-9828
+1-800-93-ARROW
Minimum $25; they no longer have a catalog.  They are a Real Distributor,
but also didn't mind my placing a personal order (a couple of years ago).

MCM Electronics
650 Congress Park Drive
Centerville OH 45459-4072
[phone]
+1-800-824-TECH (product questions)
[phone] (FAX)
Minimum $20 ($25 for charge cards, and they don't take personal checks),
handling $1.95 + shipping.  Oriented toward repair technicians, really
heavy on VCR parts and somewhat overpriced doodads, lots of useful stuff
not easily found elsewhere.

Fordham Radio Supply
260 Motor Parkway
Hauppauge NY 11788-5134
[phone]
Tools for technicians.  One or two items are not outrageously overpriced.

Jameco
1355 Shoreway Road
Belmost CA 94002
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
[phone]
No longer have a minimum order, reasonable selection of parts again (in
addition to computer components).

JDR Microdevices                                Just moved!
1850 South 10th Street
San Jose CA 95122-4108
Orders:         [phone]
                [phone]
FAX:            [phone]
                [phone]
Cust. Service:  [phone]
Tech Support:   [phone]
BBS:            [phone]
No minimum, $5+ shipping.  Mostly computers now, but they haven't yet
decided to abandon components; indeed, they recently dropped their minimum
order requirement entirely.

Johnson Shop Products
P.O.Box 160113
Cupertino CA 95016
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
Catalog $1.  No minimum.  Shipping charge is based on UPS; very small orders
that can be sensibly shipped in a first-class letter, include money for
first-class postage.  New and some used electronic parts.

DC Electronics
P. O. Box 3203
Scottsdale AZ 85271-3203
[phone] (orders)
[phone] (stock/price checks)
[phone] (FAX)
$15 minimum charge order, no minimum for checks, $3 min. shipping&handling.
Wide array of ICs, good assortment of electronic components.

EasyTech Inc    *** out of business? ***
2917 Bayview Drive
Fremont CA 94538-9932
11 May 93: "EasyTech no longer has an 800 number, and has dropped several
lines. The last time I called them (2 months ago), I got the impression they
were slowly going down the tubes..." - [e-mail]  "Both of their 800
number and the customer services numbers are disconnected, and no new numbers
are given." - [e-mail]

International Components Corporation
1803 NW Lincoln Way
Toledo OR 97391-1014
[phone] (US & Canada)
[phone] (FAX)
Cabinets&Enclosures; Capacitors; Diodes; ICs; Potentiometers; Resistors;
Sockets; Transistors; Books.  No minimum order, $2 handling under $25.

Kelvin Electronics
7 Fairchild Ave.
Plainview NY 11803
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
Minimum order $20; S&H 5% of order ($5 minimum, extra for large stuff,
overnight, export (like to Hawaii :-), and etchant; based on UPS charges).
Lots of electronic parts & tools, some robotics supplies, model rockets.

H & R Company (Herbach and Rademan)
18 Canal Street, P.O.Box 122
Bristol PA 19007-0122
[phone] (Orders)
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
Minimum order $25 ($5 processing charge under $25), shipping $4.75 under $30;
Most items are new overstocks, much regularly stocked stuff as well.  Tools,
electrical supplies, motors, mechanical components, robotic components.

John Birkitt
1, The Strait, Lincoln
[phone]
Lots of stuff for the practical enthusiast.  Many bargains to be had if
you've the patience to sort through the extensive heaps of assorted
electronic miscellany.  Good stocks of new components, tools and books,
masses of RF gear and very competetive prices.
Two shops side by side cater for the "consumer" type goods and the
"electronics" type.  Does mail order, takes visa/access etc.  Mail order
list contains lots of unusual goodies that you'll possibly never see on
offer anywhere else.            (thanks to Dave Walster @ lincoln.gpsemi.com)

N R Bardwell
Abbeydale Road, Sheffield
[phone]
Possibly the busiest electronics emporium I've ever visited.  Specialises in
radio gear and alarm equipment but many of the obligatory bags of "unmarked,
untested" goodies makes Bardwell's *the* place to go.  Friendly, efficient
and knowledgeable staff.  Cheap.  Very cheap.  Thriving mail order business
with some good bargains in IC's and discrete's.  Write/phone for a price
list.                           (thanks to Dave Walster @ lincoln.gpsemi.com)


SURPLUS ELECTRONICS:

All Electronics Corp.
P. O. Box 567
Van Nuys CA 91408-0567
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
$10 minimum, $4.00 S&H. New and surplus electronics.

Alltronics
2300 Zanker Road
San Jose CA 95131
[phone]
[phone] FAX
Surplus electronics.  $12 minimum, shipping per UPS.

American Science and Surplus (formerly JerryCo)
P.O. Box 48838
Niles IL 60714-0838             ### New address.
[phone]
[phone] FAX
Surplus.  *The* surplus place.  Lots and lots of surplus.  WWII gun cameras,
velcro, laser disk chassis, 6 volt VW wipers motors, LEDs, rubber brains,
you name it, they've had it.  Catalogs are a really good time.
$12.50 minimum order (which includes the $4 shipping charge).

BCD Electro                     ### Out of the mail order business!
P. O. Box 450207
Garland TX 75045-0207
[phone]
According to Barrie Britton (24 Feb 94), BCD has gone out of the mail order
business.

Fair Radio Sales
P. O. Box 1105
1016 E Eureka St.
Lima OH  45802
[phone]
Surplus electronics.  Heavy on parts for old Collins gear.

Hosfelt Electronics
2700 Sunset Blvd.
Steubenville OH 43952
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
No minimum, $3.75 S&H.  Surplus electronics.

HSC Electronic Supply (Halted Specialties Co.)
3500 Ryder Street
Santa Clara, CA 95051
+1-800-4-HALTED Orders only
[phone] inside California and outside US
Surplus (new) electronics; new and used test equipment.  Minimum order $10
($2 handling charge under $20), plus UPS shipping cost.  Has three stores,
of which 3500 Ryder Street is one.

Marlin P. Jones & Assoc.
P.O. Box 12685
Lake Park FL 33403-0685
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
No minimum ($1 fee for under $10), shipping per UPS.  Surplus electronics.

R&D Electronics
1224 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland OH 44115
orders: [phone] (tues - fri 9am-4pm sat. 9am-3pm EST)
info:   [phone]
fax:    [phone]
$10 minimum.  Surplus electronics.
"Also known to stock many components, but this is not discussed in the
catalog.
Local store, a cleveland institution, is called Electronic Surplus, Inc., and
has been there since '48.  Third generation now runs it."       -- wb8foz

Surplus Sales of Nebraska
1502 Jones Street
Omaha, Nebraska  68102
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
New and surplus radio electronics.  Wide selection:  air variables.
Catalog $3 (free with order, refundable with $25 catalog purchase).

Tucker Surplus Store
1717 Reserve St.
Garland TX  75042
[phone] extension 135
Surplus electronic gear; oscilloscopes and signal generators from the days
when dinosaurs with vacuum tubes roamed the earth (some solid state gear, but
all well used).  Prices seem relatively high, and you'll be shocked to learn
how much it costs to ship a 75 pound oscilloscope by motor freight...
[Steve Brown, N8HFI:
 In defense of Tucker, the have a broad selection, repair facilities, and
 they certify the used equipment to meet the original specification and
 warranty it for 90 days.  Not every source does this:]

Davilyn Corp.
13406 Saticoy St.
North Hollywood, CA   91605-3475
[phone] (Ex. CA)
[phone] (CA)
[phone] (FAX)
Surplus electronic gear.
[has much better prices [than Tucker], but sells used equipment as-is. -N8HFI]

SPECIALTY COMPONENTS:

JAN Crystals
2341 Crystal Drive
P.O. Box 06017
Fort Myers FL 33906-6017
+1-800-JAN-XTAL (Monday through Thursday)
[phone] (FAX)
[phone] (plant)
They make crystals.  Minimum order is $10, which might be one crystal, or
might be two.

Crystek Corporation
2351/2371 Crystal Drive
P.O. Box 06135
Fort Myers FL 33906-6135
[phone] (M-F) (US and Canada but not Alaska and Hawaii)
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
They make crystals too.  They were the cheapest last time I ordered, but
I don't have an up-to-date price list.  It took about 4 weeks, and they
had said it would take 6.

ICM (International Crystal Manufacturing Co., Inc.)
701 W. Sheridan
PO Box 26330
Oklahoma City  OK 73126-0330
[phone]
More crystals.  They were more expensive, but they have lots of pre-made
crystals for various rigs, so they would probably be faster.

Amidon Associates
2216 East Gladwick Street
Dominiguez Hills, CA 90220
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
Toroid cores and related things.  Very fast service.  Now takes MC/Visa and
phone orders.

Palomar Engineers
Box 455
Escondido CA 92033
[phone]
Toroid cores and shielding beads.

RF PARTS
435 South Pacific Street
San Marcos CA 92069
+1-800-RF-PARTS (Orders only)
[phone] (main order line & delivery info)
[phone] (customer service, warranty, tech & applications, 10AM-4PM)
[phone] (FAX)
Tubes and transistors.  $2 handling below $20 for US orders; $5.50 minimum
handling for Canada orders; they take foreign orders (but no handling info
was given in the QST ad).

K2AW's Silicon Alley
175 Friends Lane
Westbury NY 11590
[phone]
Free catalog, $10 minimum order.  Semiconductors, in particular high-voltage
diodes.

Small Parts, Inc.               [ New address and phone, 23 Dec 91 ]
13980 NW 58th Court
P.O. Box 4650
Miami Lakes, FL 33014-0650
[phone] Order department
[phone]  Customer Service  (ask for Mirta)
[phone]  Catalog           (ask for Elizabeth)
[phone]  Custom-made Parts (ask for Ziggy)
[phone]  Non-standard Sizes
                of catalog parts  (ask for Eric)
[phone]  Toll free FAX line
$12 minimum.  Mechanical parts, metal stock, Teflon(R) sheets, tools,
wire-size drill bits (as in #61 size for PC board holes).

KITS:
(The terse "Note:" descriptions are from the ARRL Kit List courteously
supplied by Ed Hare and Mike Gruber at the ARRL.  For a much more complete
list of kit suppliers, use the ARRL email server; send the following as
the text of a mail message:

help
index
quit

to the address [e-mail])

624 Kits
171 Springlake Drive
Spartanburg SC 29302
QRP kits (including some designs from W1FB's books) and some parts.

A&A Engineering
2521 W. LaPalma, Unit K
Anaheim CA 92801
[phone]
Kits, some components, some books. S&H $4.50, catalog is free with SASE (2 oz
postage).

Antique Electronic Supply
6221 S. Maple Ave.
Tempe, AZ 85283
[phone]
Note: Broadcast receiver kits

Cirkit
Park Lane
Broxbourne, Herts EN10 7NQ, ENGLAND
[phone] Sales
[phone] Info
[phone] Fax
Half-inch-thick catalog is UK#1.9.  "Components - kits - test equipment."

C.M. Howes Communications
Eydon, Daventry,
Northants NN11 6PT
England
Phone: [phone]
QRP, transmitters, receivers, misc.  "The Heathkit of England", though
with assembly manuals not as detailed, also without the intricate mechanicals
of Heathkits.
[Carried by Townsend Electronics (at least) in the US]

Communications Concepts Inc.
508 Millstone Drive
Beaver Creek, OH  45434
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
kits for Motorola Applications Notes (amplifiers and the like), small
assortment of components (chip capacitors, transistors). $4 Shipping&Handling.

Down East Microwave
Box 2310, RR#1
Troy, ME 04987
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
(Bill Olson, W3HQT) Microwave antennas and equipment, including kits for
transverters and amplifiers.  Free catalog available.

FAR Circuits
18N640 Field Court
Dundee IL 60118
Printed circuit boards for articles in the usual ham magazines.  SASE for
list.  $1.50 shipping and handling per four boards.

Hamtronics, Inc.
65 Moul Road
Hilton, NY 14468-9535
[phone]
Note: Amateur, general interest

Kanga Products                          # See also Kanga US below
Seaview House, Crete Road East
Folkestone CT18 7EG UNITED KINGDOM
Tel/Fax [phone]     9AM - 7PM, closed Mondays.
QRP Kits, components.  SAE (6"x9") for catalog.

John Langner WB2OSZ
115 Stedman St.
Chelmsford, MA 01824-1823
[phone]
Slow Scan Television for IBM PC.

Lake Electronics
7 Middleton Close
Nuthall
Nottingham NG16 1BX
England
Note: Amateur

Mercury Systems
15 Lakeside Dr.
Marlton, NJ 08053
[phone]
Note: the ARRL Kit list didn't say what they carry; I don't (yet) know
either.

Penntek Electronics
14 Peace Dr.
Lewistown, PA 17044
[phone]
Note: The Neophyte Receiver, QST

Ramsey Electronics
793 Canning Parkway
Victor NY 14564
[phone]
Amateur radio and hobby kits.  The ham kits are all pretty simple and
pretty inexpensive, and you get about what you pay for.  Their new
VHF transceiver kits (144, 220, 440) look pretty interesting.  Many have
complained about the quality of their kits, though.

Tejas RF Technology
P.O.Box 720331
Houston TX 77272-0331
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
Tejas Backpacker-II QRP kit and other things.

Townsend Electronics, Inc.
Box 415
133 N. 1st Street
Pierceton IN 46562
[phone] (US only)
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
C. M. Howes Communications kits.  Radio mounts.  RSGB and ARRL publications.
$1 for catalog.  $4 shipping & handling.

{See also RadioKit, Oak Hills Research}

LITTLE GUYS:

Oak Hills Research
20879 Madison St.
Big Rapids, MI 49307
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] (FAX)
Send $1 for a flyer.  Some parts, QST article kits, transceiver kits,
QRP stuff in general (they inherited the stock from Small Parts Center
when they closed).

Dan's Small Parts And Kits                      (Formerly KA7QJY Components)
1935 S. 3rd W. #1
Missoula MT 59801
[phone]
Send a business-size SASE (2 stamps) for a current list of parts.  RF parts,
including vernier drives and air variables; now also offers kits.
$3.75 shipping, no minimum.  Fast service, lots of satisfied customers.

Kanga US
Bill Kelsey
3521 Spring Lake Dr.
Findlay, OH  45840
[phone]
call between 7 - 11 pm eastern time please.  stamp for a catalog.
"I import kits from Kanga in the UK - most of them come from
SPRAT - the journal of the G-QRP Club. I also have the Super Tee Antenna
Tuner, and a range of kits from Elktronics that are based on the DDS
articles in 73 Magazine."

R&R Associates
3106 Glendon Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90034
[phone] (res)
[ Richard Rathburn, KB6NQ ] "I mainly sell pc boards from QST, Radio
Electronics, etc., and a few of in-house design.  I also sell IC's, etc."
Send a SASE every now and then for his most recent flyer.  He also has boards
for some Motorola Application Notes.  (Jan 94 -- a member of the QRP mailing
list reports some dissatisfaction with R&R.)

CW Technology
7328 Timbercreek Court
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1181
COD Orders at 800-547-7479
"I have a small (just me) mail order company through which I sell kits.
My starter products were kits for computer<->transceiver interfaces to go
along with my 2/93 QST article.  Since, I have added a programmer kit for
the MC68HC705K1 microcontroller and an optoisolated stepper motor controller
kit.  I also sell the PCBs and difficult parts for these projects."
- Wally Blackburn AA8DX

GNP Sales
POB 77011
San Francisco, CA 94107.
"Business size SASE for our current list.
 We are very small, all three of us have "real" jobs.  We buy and sell
 vacuum caps, vacuum relays, various high voltage parts, coax relays,
 mostly radio stuff."   - Peter Gerba, [e-mail]

MANUALS:
Eico Electronic Instruments Co., Inc.
363 Merrick Rd
Lynbrook NY 11563
Note: No current kits, EICO manuals and schematics only

PUBLICATIONS:

NUTS & VOLTS MAGAZINE
430 Princeland Court
Corona CA 91719-9938
[phone] (subscriptions)
[phone] (subscribe by FAX)
All advertisements magazine (though they're now publishing small projects).
Issues are $2.00 (at least, that's the price on the cover), subscriptions
are (third class mail, USA:) $17/1 year, $31/2 years, (first class mail
USA) $34/1 year, (Canada/Mexico) US$35, (other foreign, air mail) US$70,
(other foreign, surface) US$39.  A subscription also entitles you to one
free classified ad of 40 words.

Ham Trader Yellow Sheets
PO Box 15142
Seattle WA 98115
"SUBSCRIPTIONS: U.S.: 24 Issues(1 yr) $16.50  50 Issues(2 yrs + 2 issues) $32.
75(3 Yrs + 3) $48.  CANADA & MEXICO: 24/$20.  50/$39.  75/$58.  FOREIGN: $38
a year sent Airmail.  Published 2 ISSUES A MONTH sent 1st Class Mail...
NO LONG WAIT FOR AD CIRCULATE!  NOTE: A $4/4 issue MINI-SUBSCRIPTION may be
ordered by potential subscribers, or WITH AN AD to qualify for the Special
Subscriber Ad Rates given below:" Non-subscriber ads $1/{word,number,group}
per insertion; subscribers:  businesses or other for-profit sales $0.75 per
word; ads involving items solely from or for your own use $0.35 a word;
hamfest ads $0.35.  Ads and ads with subscriptions should be sent to
POB 10253 Sarasota FL 34278 during the winter; spring through fall they
go to POBox 2057, Glen Ellyn IL 60138.

Howard W. Sams & Company
P.O. Box 7092
Indianapolis, IN 26207-7092
+1-800-428-SAMS
Publishers of SAMS PHOTOFACTS and many other electronics books.  There is
an Annual Index of SAMS PHOTOFACTS whose cost I have forgotten.  In-print
Photofacts run between $14.95 to $39.95 (for computer Photofacts); they
will photocopy out-of-print Photofacts for $11.95 + $2.50S&H for one page,
plus $.55 per page thereafter.

RF Design Magazine
P O Box 1077
Skokie IL 60076-9931
[phone]
A magazine for professional RF designers.  Subscriptions are $38 per year
in the US, $48 in Mexico and Canada, $51 elsewhere, unless you appear to be
a "qualified subscriber" (i.e. are in serious danger of convincing your
company to buy a $12,000 spectum analyzer based on an ad) in which case it's
free.  Heavy on theory, and even the advertisement articles are educational.

Electronics Now        (formerly Radio Electronics)
Subscription Service
P.O. Box 51866
Boulder CO 80321-1866
[phone]
A magazine for thumb-fingered electronics hobbyists.  Subscription rate on the
bingo card in the November issue (the latest I was able to dig up) was $19.97
per year.

Popular Electronics
Subscription Department
P.O.Box 338
Mt. Morris, IL 61054-9935
[phone]
Like Electronics Now.  $18.95 according to the latest bingo card I see.

The Computer Applications Journal (Circuit Cellar INK)
P. O. Box 3050
Southeastern, PA 19398-9932
[phone] (FAX)
This magazine is what Steve Ciarcia wanted BYTE to be when it grew up.  It
focuses on microcontroller applications and other digital projects.
$21.95 per year (12 issues, now) (Canada, Mexico: add $10 surface mail, $20
air mail; other countries: add $28.)

The Radio Craftsman
P.O. Box 3682
Lawrence, KS 66046-0682
Bi-monthly newsletter for homebrewers of amateur radio gear.
Information about electronics construction techniques, components,
book reviews, beginning electronics theory, and the occasional
construction project.  Oriented toward the beginner/intermediate
level.  Price, $10/year (six issues), $15 outside the U.S.  Published
by Doug Heacock, AA0MS.  Send large SASE for free sample issue.
[Info supplied by Doug Heacock.]

QRP CLUB PUBLICATIONS

G-QRP Club                              Memberships to:
Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV                (make cheques payable to "G QRP
CLUB"):
St. Aidans Vicarage                     John Leak, G0BXO
498 2 Manchester Rd.                    Flat 7, 56 Heath Crescent
Rochdale, Lancs, OL11 3HE, ENGLAND      Halifax HX1 2PW, ENGLAND
                                        Tel [phone]
Publication is SPRAT, a quarterly.
Subscriptions/membership is UK#5.00 per year in the UK, US$12 (cash) or US$14
(check) for foreign members (cheaper direct payment options are available in
the US, Germany, The Netherlands, and Austria). (US payments of $12 can be
sent
to Mike Kilgore KG5F, 2046 Ash Hill Road, Carrollton TX 75007; make checks
payable to G QRP Club, and include your callsign and membership number
(if any)).

QRP Amateur Radio Club, International (QRP-ARCI)
Info packets ($2)                       Subscriptions to (payable to QRP
ARCI):
Mike Bryce, WB8VGE                      Mike Kilgore, KB5F
2225 Mayflower NW                       2046 Ash Hill Road
Massilon, OH 44647                      Carrolton TX 75007
Publication is the QRP Quarterly.
Subscription is $12 ($14 non-US, UK#7) for new members, $10 ($12/#6) for
renewals.

QRP Club of New England
Name:                            QRP Club of New England
Date Founded:                    1991
Number of Members:               206
Cost to Join:                    $10
Annual Dues:                     $7
Publication Name and Frequency:  72 - quarterly
Net(s):                          QRP-NE SSB Net, 0200Z Tuesdays 3.855MHz
Mailing Address:
  Jack Frake, NG1G
  P.O. Box 1153
  Barnard, VT  05031

Name:                            Michigan QRP Club
Date Founded:                    1978
Number of Members:               1,200
Cost to Join:                    $7 US, $12 DX
Annual Dues:                     $5 US, $10 DX
Publication Name and Frequency:  The Five Watter - quarterly  (a.k.a. T5W)
Net(s):                          MI-QRP Net, 0200Z Wednesdays 3.535MHz
Mailing Address:
  Michigan QRP Club
  654 Georgia
  Marysville, MI  48040

Name:                            NorCal (Northern California) QRP Club
Date Founded:                    1993
Number of Members:               200
Cost to Join:                    $5
Annual Dues:                     $5
Publication Name and Frequency:  QRPp - quarterly
Net(s):                          None
Mailing Address:
  Jim Cates, WA6GER
  3241 Eastwood Road
  Sacramento, CA  95821
This is the club that was selling the incredibly popular "NorCal 40" kit to
members, and currently is about to sell the almost-certain-to-be popular
Sierra kit.

North Texas QRP Club
(Subscription to)
Twilight Publishing Company
1301 West Highway 407, Suite 353
Lewisville TX 75067
Publication is the K5FO Newsletter (possibly changing name eventually).
Filling in the gaps left by the publication schedules of QRPp and
QRP Quarterly, Chuck Adams (K5FO) will be publishing a newsletter for
low-power amateur radio enthusiasts in Feb, May, August, and November
(thus ensuring that QRP enthusiasts must break away from their bench
and visit the mailbox at least every 30 days, guaranteed :-).  This also
gets you membership in the North Texas QRP Club.
"In order to get your copies of the newsletter and to get your
 number, do the following:
 1.  Send letter with your name, call(if any), address, email
     address if you are on the super highway of information,
     and any other info you want in a membership book to
        Twilight Publishing Company
        1301 West Highway 407, Suite 353
        Lewisville, TX  75067
 2.  Enclose on photograph of A. Lincoln ($5 bill) produced by the US Govt.
     and a postcard with your name and address to acknowledge
     receipt of same.  I tend to hold on to checks too long. MO is
     you don't trust the USPS.  :-)"
May '94 will be the first issue, and there won't be any reprints, so get
in on the ground floor!  (I will! -jfw)

NOTES:

This file, and many others, are available for anonymous ftp from
ftp.cs.buffalo.edu, in /pub/ham-radio (this article is "mail_order"
in that directory).

CHANGES FOR $Revision: 2.17 $

Add Kanga US, Kanga UK, RF Parts, Cirkit, Birkitt, Bardwell.
BCD Electro out of the mail order business.
Add CW Technology, GNP Sales.
Fix FTP listings (toxicwaste.mit.edu is no longer archiving sci.electronics,
give actual directory name for ftp.cs.buffalo.edu).
Add my name, since this seems to get shared around a lot.
Add QRP clubs as separate category.
Jameco is no longer apparently headed out of the components business, stop
complaining about them (for now :-).
Santa Clara Active Electronics is closed?
JDR moved, changed phone numbers.