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Any suggestions for xtal vendors?

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I saw a post by Robb for bandpass filters and started reading /watching YouTube videos to study up. My direction is a little different than Robb's and rather than hijacking his post I figured I'd start my own.

I'm looking for suggestions for quality crystal vendors where I can order 50 or so at a time.

Admittedly I will be putting my faith in the calculators online and my ears as I don't have spectrum analyzers or other expensive equipment. I did order some testers for crystals, capacitance, diode, transistors, etc...

Any general advice is much appreciated.
 

If you take the time to read and understand half of everything on this page, you will be ahead of the game:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_oscillator
Thanks. I've been reading up on chebyshev design and I found a few calculators. If research was all I had to worry about, it wouldn't be as bad. I also have to worry about finding quality parts. As I've never sourced crystals I'm not sure where to order from.
 
After reading more it would seem that I can't get all the characteristics of the crystals in order to match without more expensive equipment. :( This kind of ruins my idea of relying on simple equipment and calculators to make my own. It would seem that the easiest (and cheapest) route in my case is to find a filter already made for my center freq and passband or a custom filter. At least in the case of an inline filter, I can use it with any radio.
Edit: I'm still reading and found some mention of another design which isn't so critical with the match of crystal specs. I'm still looking for good distributors for crystals even if I can't use them yet.
 
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i hope im not breaking any forum rules by posting numbers, address etc, if so mods delete as necessary. heres a small list for crystal sellers. ahhh, the power of google


Anderson Electronics
814-695-4428
Scotch Valley Road FAX: 814- 696-0403
P.O. Box 89
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
Crystals and Oscillators
http://www.aextal.com/default.htm
E-mail: sales@eaxtal.com

Antique Radio Classified 508-371-0512 Write for free sample.
P.O. Box 802 Magazine. You'll find almost ANYTHING here
Carlisle, MA 01741 for older radios, obscure parts, tubes etc.

APEX ELECTRONICS 818-767-7202
8909 San Fernando Road
Sun Valley, CA ZIP
A back-in-time electronics parts and crystals place

Bomar Crystal Co. 800-526-3935 / 732 356-7787
201 Blackford ave. Fax 800-777-2197
Middlesex, N.J. 08846
Web Site: http://www.bomarcrystal.com
Communication crystals
On line ordering and information.
Person to contact: Ms Anna Diefenbacher
E-mail: sales@bomarcrystal.com

C-Mac Frequency Products Ltd. U.K.
Station Road, Crewkerne,
Somerset, TA18 8AR, UK
Crystals and Oscillators
http://www.cmac.com/mt/
E-mail: KarenLovell@cmac.com
Tel: +44 (0)1460 270200
Fax: +44 (0)1460 72578

C-MAC MicroTechnology
PO Box 12548
Durham,
NC 27709-2548
USA
http://www.cmac.com/mt/
E-mail: cmac.microtechnology@solectron.com
Tel: +1 (919) 941 9333
Fax: +1 (919) 941 9371

C & E Service
Merrill T. See
5651 North 8th St
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
1 616 375 0171
mtsee@kalamazoo.net
http://www.kalamazoo.net/c-comm/crystal.htm

Cal Crystal Lab Inc. (714) 991-1580
1142 N. Gilbert
Anaheim, CA "They will MAKE rocks for almost anything"

Cathodeon Crystals, Out of business
A PYE Group Company
Linton,
Cambridgeshire
England (Need postal code) Crystals

Channel System Components Pte Ltd (C.S.C)
37 Tannery Lane, #05-01, Tannery House,
Singapore 347790
Fax : 65- 7444446
Phone : 65- 8411008
info@channelsys.com.sg

Cinox Crystals Phone: (513) 542-5555
4914 Gray Road Fax: (513) 542-5146
Cincinnati, Ohio 45232
http://www.cinox.com/
Email: cinox@cinox.com

Crystek Crystals 800-237-3061
2351/2371 Crystal Drive
Ft. Myers, FL 33907 Quartz Crystals
Presumably connected with JAN Crystals!

Dan's Small Parts 406-258-2782
BOX 3634
MISSOULA, MONTANA 59806-3634
http://www.danssmallpartsandkits.net

Debco Electronics 800-423-4499
Address needed Crystals for $1.25 and up - catalog.
Frequency Precision Ltd.
Douglas Dwyer
Precision Oscillators and Crystals
Engineering, TCXO design etc.
Address Needed
England

G&G Electronics
(See PARTSUPP.HTM for address)
http://www.iinc.com/ggcomm/
They have a complete list of rocks on line.

Richard A. George, K6KWQ Phone number needed
Address needed
E-mail: wa6jox@rain.org
I have a box of assorted crystals for sale, contains over 500 each HC6/u
types and others 100kc to 50mhz. please make offer for entire lot and
include shipping from 93030, e-mail direct. Thank you K6KWQ

HAN KYUNG TELECOM CO., LTD. Phone : 82-2-616-0430
Room 3724, Ra-Dong, Joongang Circulation Complex,
# 1258, Kurobon-Dong, Kuro-Ku,
Seoul,
KOREA
Crystals and TCXOs manufacturer / exporter
http://www.hankyungtelecom.co.kr
E-mail: hank@hankyungtelecom.co.kr

Hy-Q Intrnational (UK) Ltd. (44) 01223-834444
Fax: (44) 01223-834589.
Address- see below

Hy-Q International (USA) Inc.
1438 Cox Avenue
Erlanger
Kentucky
41018
Tel. (606)283 5000
Fax. (606)283 0883

International Crystal Mfg Co. 405-236-3741
10 North Lee Street Crystals
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
They still sell FT-243 Crystals made to order and they maintain
data on all the old Boatanchor rigs as to crystal requirements!

ICM (International Crystal Manufacturing Co., Inc.) 800-426-9825
P.O. Box 26330: 701 W. Sheridan
Oklahoma City OK 73126-0330

JAN Crystals 800-526-9825: 813-936-2397
P.O. Box 06017: 2341 Crystal Drive: Crystals
Ft. Myers, FL 33906-6017
They sell Crystals made to order!

Just In Time Ics
Mr. Justin Thyme
4450 Enterprise St #113
Fremont, CA. 94538
Contact Justin, or his dad, "Father Time." Crystals, ICs and other parts.
Phone: 1-510-490-1377
FAX: 1-510-490-1378
E-mail: justintime@batnet.com
Store Hours: 9am-5pm PST Monday-Friday
Web Page:
http://www.batnet.com/justintime/xtal.html

American KSS, Inc. 510-661-4100
Fremont, CA 94538
United States
Surface mount and HC-49/US crystals.
http://www.kss.com

K-W Manufacturing Company Inc. (405) 567-2284 / 2285
Bruce
919 8th Street FAX: (405) 567-4153
P.O. Box 508
Prague, OK 74864
Very good, very reasonable. None below 1MHz, though

Ken Linney Phone number needed
G3UDA Ken has a LOT of osc modules and HC-17/U, HC-18/U,
Address needed HC-25/U and HC-6/U crystals
England to sell. A few of them are in the ham bands too!
Email: ken@g3uda.demon.co.uk

LESMITH CRYSTALS (905) 844-4505
54 Shepherd Rd, Fax = (905) 844-2274
Oakville, ON L6K 2G5
CANADA
Crystals for amateur radio. VISA & MC OK.
Phone numbers are wrong - they MIGHT be out of business!

M H Electronics (909) 989-1976
9569 Ninth Street FAX: (909) 945-4971
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730

Magna Frequency Management Ltd. (44)01223-834800
Magna House
Dales Manor Business Park
Sawston
Cambridge
England Magna do not manufacture crystals but they will supply
them if requested, they are mainly oscillator and filter suppliers.

Marden Electronics (800) 222-6093
Address needed
2000 prices:
$17.50 per crystal for 1 week service
$15.50 per crystal for 2 week service
$12.50 per crystal for 4 week service

Marsh Crystals Phone number needed
Address needed
Missouri Source: Frank, WS0W (A313@lehigh.edu)

Bill Marx, W2CQ
Address needed
E-mail: bmarx@bellsouth.net
"I have lottsa crystals...send me excact frequencies you need...
mostly of the smaller variety."

MDM radio (708) 848-4210
Address needed FAX = (708) 848-0230.
Channel Elements for commercial 2-way radios.

M H Electronics
Phone toll free (USA only) (800) 643-9825
Phone (909) 989-1976
Fax (909) 945-4971

Mouser Electronics
Microprocessor Crystals - 8 Mhz etc.

Petersen Radio Co. (712) 323-7539
2735 Avenue "A"
Council Bluffs, IA 51501 Crystals
Will make HC-6/U crystals with sleeves to fit in
FT243 sockets for 1600 kHz to 50 MHz...
E-mail: jjk51503@aol.com

C. Dean Norris, K7NO Phone number needed
Address needed As of early 1997, he had a lot of about 30 non-hamband
e-mail to dnorris@k7no.com crystals to sell.
or xtals@k7no.com

Robert Ott Electronics
14 Francis Street
Portjervis, NY 12771
Phone: 845-856-3632
Scanner crystals etc. NOT on the internet or e-mail

PTI Phone number needed
Address Needed
Orlando, FL Precision TCXOs and Crystals

PR Crystals (712) 323-7539
2735 Avenue A Still may have ads in QST...
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Same as Peterson Radio above...

Quartslab Ltd.
Connogue,
Ireland
Made to order quartz crystals,
Delivery approx. 2 weeks.

W.B. Reese, WB6TMY
WB6TMY's CRYSTALS Web Page
See web page for address

Ryan Communications 412-368-3859
BOX 111E Camelot Road (QRP CW transmitter, ready made,)
Portersville, PA 16051 (and transmitter kits, crystals)

Schuster Electronics Inc. (800) 877-6875
Address needed
info@schusterusa.com Crystals & other components
http://www.schusterusa.com

Thomas C. Sefranek, WA1RHP
Address needed
Many Crystals for sale. See list on web page:
http://hamradio.cmcorp.com/inventory/CRYSTALS/CRYSTALS.html
E-mail: tcs@cmcorp.com

Sentry Manufacturing Company (405) 224-6780
Crystal Park
Chickasha, OK 73018 Crystals

Surplus Sales of Nebraska TEL: 402-346-4750
1218 Nicholas Street FAX: 402-346-2939
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-4211
List of Crystals for sale by FREQ with prices on the web at:
http://www.surplussales.com/Crystals/Crystals.html
E-mail: grinnell@surplussales.com

Ed Tanton Phone number needed
Address needed Has a large number of FT-241, CR1A, FT243 etc. that
are non-amateur band HF rocks, including many LF crystals too.
E-mail: n4xy@bellsouth.net

Universal Crystals (913) 334-6254
2411 N. 102nd St. 33 Unit B
Kansas City, KS 66109
Phone: 913-334-6254
Fax: 913-334-6262
This company specializes in low frequency crystals.
(Around $28 each in 2004)

UNIVERSAL CRYSTAL INC.
10840 PARALLEL AVE
KANSAS CITY, KS 66109 913-334-6254
(This looks like some updated address information for same conmpany above)

Velco Electronics (716) 924-2073
Address needed (716) 924-2136 = FAX
Address needed Crystals

WA7HDL 208-756-4147 (after 2330 Z)
Address needed
IDAHO
Bliley & TCS Crystals $4 or 5 each

WEST CRYSTAL COMPANY LTD.
#10-2550 Acland Rd.
Kelowna BC V1X 7L4
Canada
Tel 250-765-4833,
Fax 250-765-3308
Specs for most rigs on file. Fast, friendly service. No minimum order.
Visa and MasterCard accepted.
Tel:(250)765-4833 Fax:(250)765-3308
email:wcrystal@home.com
Web Page: http://www.westcrystal.com

C. W. Wolf Communications (406) 252-9220
Address needed FAX = (406) 252-9617
Channel elements for commercial 2-way radios.

Al Yascavage "SURPLUS AL" Phone number needed
P.O. Box 215
Hunlock Creek, PA 18621 Crystals for sale. Also has
xtal sockets.
 

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