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 Wednesday 1st February 2012

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****WANTED****

Feedback on the Products that Mini-Kits supplies.

Please let me know what you want.  Is there a Kit or components that you would like to be able to buy.  The cost is very high to produce New Kits, so any requests for new Kits will be noted only. If we get a number of requests for a similar Kit then we may decide to produce one, but it would have to be a popular request for us to produce it.

Products Wanted   ( Please Email Us)

Supplier of replacement Toko Helical Filters, part numbers 5HW 109060A-1130, 5HW 125055F-1305, 367MN110A, 367NM113F ( WE DO NOT WANT THE TEMWELL EQUIVALENT ) We are also interested in a manufacturer of SAW filters to cover 1240-1300MHz for a New Kit design.
 

NEWS 11/1/12

The New HF Active Antenna Kits have been delays due to a costly error with the PC board layout. Kits are now not expected to be released until mid 2012, but a built product may be available in February 2012. The cost to do this Kit has been extremely high, & is the most complete product that we have ever produced. This Kit is also being aimed at the professional for use in antenna arrays. The current GALI Amplifier Kits are being updated with extra SMD capacitors as spare parts, & the GALI-39 KIT notes are being updated describing how it can be used as a wideband preamplifier on scanning or communications receivers.

 

NEWS 21/12/11

Mini-Kits has been working on a number of New Kits. These include new bias tee Kits suitable for HF & VHF, a high performance HF Active Antenna Kit, & replacement sequencer Kit. We have been asked many times in the past to produce a bias tee kit suitable for VHF & UHF transceivers that can handle at least 100 watts. Many transceivers do not have the option of feeding DC out of the antenna socket to power mast head preamplifiers. The VHF bias tee Kit is now available, & we hope to release a UHF version in 2012.

The New HF Active Antenna Kits are expected to be released in February 2012, & will be available as a complete product including antennas & hardware. Tests on the HF Active antenna have been on going for many months to make it the best performing product of its type in the market. The active circuit will handle very strong signals, & produces very low inter modulation. This product is a must for anyone that does not have the room to install a good HF antenna high in the air, or for improving reception of low angle DX signals.

 

NEWS 4/7/11

Unfortunately once again postal costs are rising on the 4th of July 2011 due to increases from Australia Post, please refer to the ordering page for the new pricing. Last month we released the new 23cm Preamplifier Kit, EME179A23. This replaces the EME103 Kit which was at the end of it's life for design & has been sold in many forms for over 10 years. Soon a new 13cm preamplifier Kit EME179A13 will be available. In recent times is has become very difficult to source leaded NPO capacitors & quality resistors. NPO capacitors are known for their stability when used to construct oscillators, but are also required for the construction of low loss RF filters. Many capacitors now sold through electronic outlets are Y5P or X7X etc types that have considerable loss when used for RF. Prices of leaded components have also increased probably due to the lower demand & stock levels worldwide, but Mini-Kits is commited to stocking these products for our customers.

 

NEW PRODUCTS OR BACK IN STOCK

PLEASE CHECK THE CATALOGUE PAGES FOR THE CURRENT PRICES

NEW! Enameled Copper Wire Added to the selection available

NEW! PSC-2-1+ Mini-Circuits 2 Way 0 degree Combiner 0.1-400MHz $19.20ea

NEW! BTRM-50+ Mini-Circuits BNC Termination 50R 0.5W DC-2GHz $11.75ea

NEW! FP01 F Plug Compression Crimp RG6 Quad $1.60ea

NEW! HTH510B Compression Crimp Tool Suit RG59, RG6, RG6Q $58.50ea

NEW! EME168 VHF 100 Watt Bias Tee Kit, From $49.20ea

NEW! RESISTORS More 1/4 W Metal Film values have just been added

NEW! FS09 F Socket 4 Hole Chassis Mount $6.35ea

NEW! NCP1117DT12G Regulator Low Drop Out 12 volt 1A DPACK $1.35ea

NEW! 2N7002 MosFET 60v 115mA SOT-23 $0.25ea

NEW! KEYPAD3 16 Key Numeric membrane type stick on. $5.10

8.545MHz HC-49/S Crystal +/-20ppm 20pF load C ( 9MHz IF to 455kHz ) $1.30ea

SM15T15A 15V Transient Voltage Protector 1500W $0.94

BNS03 BNC Socket 4 Hole Chassis Mount Waterproof $5.95ea

RD16HHF1 RF MosFET 16W 30MHz 12.5v TO-220S $5.75 ( usable to 200MHz )

RD100HHF1 RF MosFET 100W 30MHz 12.5v Ceramic $34.60

BN43-1502 Balun Core 2 hole Wideband Transformers to 50MHz $0.95ea

FT23-43 Toroid Wideband Transformers to 50MHz $0.36ea

RESISTORS more 1206 SMD values have just been added

MICA RF CAPACITORS Various new 500v types added

PN2222A NPN RF Transistor 40v 1A 300MHz TO92 $0.30ea ( same as 2N2222A, MPS2222A )

PN2907A PNP RF Transistor 40v 800mA 200MHz TO92 $0.30ea ( same as 2N2907A MPS2907A )

RESISTORS Including 1/4 W carbon & Metal Film Types have just been added

SMA43 SMA Male PCB Mount 0.81mm Board $3.30ea

T200-6 Toroid 50.8mm dia 3-50MHz $10.50ea

ENCL02 Hammond 1590H Dicast Box $9.90ea

MPS5179 NPN RF Transistor 12v 50mA 2GHz TO92 $0.60ea ( same as 2N5179, PN5179 )

FB-61-101 Ferrite Bead 61 Material $0.20ea

SFE10.7MS5 Ceramic Filter 10.7MHz 330kHz BW $1.10ea

BFQ149 PNP RF Transistor SMD 1.25ea

J271 P-Ch Switching J FET TO92 0.85ea

SMA42 SMA Female to Female Bulkhead Mount $3.90ea

BF998R-M N-Ch Dual Gate MosFET Replacement for BF980, BF981, BF988 $3.50ea

SMA41 SMA Female Bulkhead Suit UT/QF0.085 $3.30ea

22.000MHz HC-49/S Crystal +/-10ppm 18pF load C $1.65ea

ENCL01 Hammond 1590A Dicast Box $11.40ea

SMA40 SMA Male R/Angle Plug Suit UT/QF141 $3.30ea

TNS02 TNC Socket Chassis Nickel Crimp Suit RG58 $4.75ea

NP04 N Plug Solder Type Suit UT141 / QF141 $4.90ea

SMA39 SMA Socket with washer & nut to suit 1.6mm PC board $3.30ea

RG58C/U Benelec 5602ABK high quality 50ohm 5mm OD $1.40ea per metre

MGA-82563 Avago High Dynamic Range GaAs MMIC +13.2dB Gain, 2.2dB NF @ 2.4GHz, $3.50ea

NE3512S02 NEC Low Noise HJ FET +13.5dB Gain, 0.35dB NF @ 12GHz, $3.50ea

KRYSTALY Crystals AT 1ppm 60deg C QC49 ( New Crystals In Stock ) From $30.00ea

BF998R N-Ch Dual Gate MosFET SOT143 0.85ea

MGA-86563 Avago Low Noise GaAs MMIC +22dB Gain, 1.6dB NF @ 2.4GHz, $4.30ea

Chip Capacitors Many new values in NPO types have just been added

 


 

OUT OF STOCK OR NO LONGER STOCKED

EME103 23/13cm Preamplifier Kit has been discontinued & replaced with the EME179 Series Kits

BB405B UHF Varicap Diode ( Sold Out Obsolete )

BF988 MesFET ( Use Mini-Kits replacement BF998R-M )

MGF1302 Mitsubishi GasFET ( Obsolete some stock left for spare parts only )

NE3210S01 NEC HEMT ( Obsolete some stock left for Kits & spare parts only )

EME107 5/10GHz Multiplier Kit has been discontinued & replaced with the EME171 Multiplier Kits


NEW & REPLACEMENT KIT DESIGNS

Most of the Projects below are well into the design & prototyping stages. It is unknown when any of them will be released so Please do not ask us when they will be ready for sale. The cost to produce new Kits is extremely high & a large financial risk, so some listed below may never happen.

1/ DDS GPS Phase Lock Circuit to suit the new EME175 Oscillator ( Kit Design Stage Only )

2/ SMD version of the EME175 Oscillator with integrated Heater ( Not Started )

3/ Radio Receiver Building block Kits ( started on design )

4/ Simple SRD Radio Receiver, part of Radio Receiver building block Kits ( started on Design )

5/ Replacement 3.4GHz & 5.8GHz Transverter Kits ( Design Completed ). EME3400 Transverter & some multiplers Kits already relesed.

6/ EME66 Transverter Sequencer Update to current Kit. ( Prototype Kit EME166 KIT completed )

7/ Bias Tee to suit RX/TX Preamps ( Completed prototype Need to complete the Kit notes )

8/ 23cm Preamp with Relay switching 20W max using EME179/144 in GME Masthead Box ( started on Design )

9/ HF Active Antenna EME182 Kit ( Completed Design testing & notes, soon to be released )

10/ NEW Replacement 23cm Transverter Kit EME172 ( Currently in the design stage )

 

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