<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Alas, they are obsolete… hence mostly (Chinese?) counterfeit parts out there now. :-(<div><br><div>NTE342 is alleged to be a replacement for Mitsubishi’s 2SC1971</div><div><br></div><div>Try: <a href="https://vetco.net/search?options%5Bprefix%5D=last&q=Nte342">https://vetco.net/search?options%5Bprefix%5D=last&q=Nte342</a></div><div>They bought NTE’s inventory when NTE went under in 2024. <br><div><font color="#333333" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" size="5"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"></span></font><div dir="ltr"><div> = KB1LKR — Steve =</div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 23, 2025, at 2:59 PM, Richard Heckbert via bars <bars@w1hh.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Juan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Just run down to your nearest Radio Shack, er, You-Do-It Electronics, er A1 Electronics - Dang!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All I’m seeing are ones on Amazon that are Chinese in origin. Some even have the nerve to put a Mitsubishi logo on them but then say Chinese generic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All the big names don’t seem to have them<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Newark, Mouser, Jameco, DigiKey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I did find C1971’s at LCSC Electronics under PN 2SC1971<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.lcsc.com/products/Bipolar-BJT_326.html?globalKeyword=C1971%2520&s_z=n_C1971%2520">https://www.lcsc.com/products/Bipolar-BJT_326.html?globalKeyword=C1971%2520&s_z=n_C1971%2520</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The above are my goto’s when I need components<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sorry,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">W1OLU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">bars <bars-bounces@w1hh.org> on behalf of Juan Jiménez via bars <bars@w1hh.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Juan Jiménez <k1cpr@bd5.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>w1hh <bars@w1hh.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [bars] C1971/1972 transistors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Folks, I didn't think I would have to explain it, but after 50 years in IT and electronics I know all about the standard sources. None of them have what I need, except for desperate Chinese suppliers known to ship counterfeit parts, in
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, to clarify, I am looking for <b>reliable alternate</b> sources.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 11:48<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM Richard T <<a href="mailto:radiohamateur@gmail.com">radiohamateur@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Try the big three<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Gigafarts<br>
Digikey<br>
Mouser<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Then Amazon and horrors, lastly eBay<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 11:11<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>AM Juan Jiménez via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank">bars@w1hh.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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