Today I got a package from Mounty, seems he decided it's already christmas day again
From the packaging alone, some sellers could learn something...
Inside, even more packaging, to protect the goodness...
And I'm greeted by some 3M "Safety diskettes" post-it note blocks
"One less worry" indeed, I'll be sure to recommend them
After unwrapping, here is what we see:
2x CTI OCXO, more on them later
2x 6Н21Б miniature tubes, true marvels of (soviet) engineering..
(6V indirect heated, 200V / 1W anode, gain of up to 100, double triodes)
...all in the size of a child's pinkie!
3x S20K250 varistors for protection
2x Capacitor & discharge resistor assemblies, with military markings.
(DE5000 indicates these are spot-on at 100Hz, whilst beeing older than I am)
1x bag of pure analog goodness, consisting of:
2x LM224 CerDip Quad opamp
4x MC3403 Quad opamp
3x LF355 Fet Input fast opamp
5x UA709 these are "red dot special" adventurous type opamp
1x AD584 pin-programmable reference (1.21 to 10V)
1x LM358 Opamp in metal can
and, star of the show (drumroll . . . )
3x 2DW23x ultra-low-noise dual zener diodes from "Shanghai 17th Radio Factory"
in different "Zero TC" current ratings, marked by label and color dot.
AMAZING!
Many thanks Mounty! I could not stop smiling whilst writing this
Now, biggest problem is not to get distracted from project at hand