It isn't just counterfeit parts to watch out for. At times a large
quantity of the parts that failed to meet specification gets out to the
market. Some thing I am suffering through at work. An older design with
an IC that was last made 6 years ago. Some of the rework people cringe
when I head in their direction!
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:22:14 -0500 "Mike & Becca Krzystyniak"
<k9mk@flash.net> writes:
> I looked at the item on eBay and they pass the common sense test but
> I have
> heard rumors of counterfit parts coming from China where performance
> was off
> from the branded part.
>
> The MRF-247's were built in Malaysia from 1999 through 2003 and the
> last
> ship date was around week 47 of 2003.
>
> So if these are legitimate MRF247's they were made in the one of the
> last
> production runs.
>
> 73's Mike K9MK
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: microwave-bounces@lists.valinet.com
> [mailto:microwave-bounces@lists.valinet.com] On Behalf Of John
> D'Ausilio
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:45 PM
> To: Microwave; (Radio) VHF Contesting
> Subject: [Mw] How do you know if an MRF-247 is real?
>
> for instance, item 180557984917 on ebay .. too good to be true?
> I've
> got a Mirage and a TE, both with bad transistors, that I'd love to
> get
> working again .. I wouldn't touch the "UK" variety, but how does
> one
> tell if a Motorola-marked part is real or not?
>
> de w1rt/john
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