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This is a very broad list including many suppliers of tools and mechanical
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- Aerial-Parts of Colchester, Carlton House,
White Hart Lane, West Bergholt, Colchester CO6 3DB
Tel 07957 449 542
Web: www.aerial-parts.co.uk
E-mail: mail@aerial-parts.co.uk
John Lemay G4ZTR offers a useful range of specialist antenna and tower
hardware, and also VHF/UHF power combiners.
- AHC Camberley
Tel 01276 709069
Web:
www.ahc-camberley.co.uk/catalog
Very good selection of hard-to-find nuts, bolts, screws and fasteners;
also general tools etc.
- Altec Products Limited, Unit 4 Riverway Ind. Park, Alton GU34
2QL
Tel 0845 359 9000
Web: www.altecweb.com
E-mail: sales@altecweb.com
Laboratory supplies, including tools and plastics (PTFE).
- Arrow Electronics
The current name for the long-established STC/ITT Components... but will only deal with UK registered companies.
- Axminster Tools, Chard Street, Axminster EX13 5DZ
Tel: 0800 371 822 (sales), 01297 33656 (enquiries)
Web: www.axminster.co.uk
E-mail: email@axminster.co.uk
Power and hand tools, mostly woodworking but some metalworking.
- Barenco - distribution via
Martin Lynch, and
at rallies.
A range of well-made mast and antenna fittings.
- BEC Distribution,
Unit 5, Coronation Grove, Harrogate HG2
8BU
Tel: 0845 4900 405
Web: www.bec.co.uk
E-mail: sales@bec.co.uk
Formerly Bonex, and now the main UK importer for TOKO products. Their
full TOKO catalogue is on the website, and BEC also stock a general range
of components.
- Chronos, Unit 14, Dukeminster Estate, Church Street, Dunstable
LU5 4HU
Tel: 01582 471 900. Fax: 01582 471 920.
Web: www.chronos.ltd.uk
E-mail: sales@chronos.ltd.uk
Model engineering tools and parts.
- The DX Shop, Dingle Cottage, Churchstoke, Montgomery, Powys SY15
6TJ
Tel: 01588 620 126
Web: http://www.thedxshop.com
E-mail: esales@thedxshop.com
High-end equipment and supplies for the VHF/UHF DXer, from Roger
Banks GW4WND.
- Electromail used to be the retail branch of
RS, but closed many years ago.
Often confused with:
- Electrovalue of Egham and Manchester... who have also closed.
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ESR Electronic Components,
Station Road,
Cullercoats, Tyne & Wear NE30 4PQ
Tel: 0191 251 4363
Web: www.esr.co.uk
General components including some that are difficult to find in small quantities.
- Folkestone Engineering Supplies, 62 Canterbury Road, Hawkinge
CT18 7BP
Tel: 01303 894611
Web:
www.metal2models.btinternet.co.uk
E-mail: metal2models@btopenworld.com
Wide range of metal, fasteners and taps/dies at competitive prices.
- GH Engineering, East Cottage, Chineham Lane, Sherborne St John,
Hants RG24 9LR
Tel: 01256 869603
Web: www.ghengineering.co.uk
E-mail: sales@ghengineering.co.uk
Specialises in a range of power amplifiers, preamps, semiconductors
etc. for the low microwave bands. Good source for GaAsFETs, MMICs and Mitsubishi
PA modules.
- Harrison & Greenwood, Mill Lane, Halifax HX3 6TR
Tel: 01422 329003
Web: E-mail: Maybe sometime later this century...i>
Custom designed transformers - typically 1kVA upwards.
- Mainline Electronics, 192 Little Glen Road, Leicester LE2 9TT. Tel: 0116 278 0980
Web: www.mainline-group.com
E-mail: info@mainline-group.com
Credit/debit cards accepted. Postage and Packaging charge for UK orders
is £3.75.
General range of components with a bias towards RF/microwaves, and also
some surplus. Now the makers of the
Jackson
Brothers line of capacitors, dial drives, switches etc.
- Mallard Metal Packs, 53 Jasmin Croft, Kings Heath, Birmingham
B14 5AX Tel/Fax: 0121 624 0302
Web: www.mallardmetals.co.uk
E-mail: sales@mallardmetals.co.uk
Credit/debit cards accepted. No minimum order. Postage and Packaging charge
for UK orders starts at £4.00+VAT, for orders up to £10.00+VAT.
Online and mail-order suppliers of metals for small users (also taps
& dies etc, and some plastics including PTFE rod). Useful downloadable
catalogue, prices fixed for calendar year.
- Mega Electronics, Mega House, Grip Industrial Estate, Linton,
Cambridge CB1 6NR
Tel: 01223 893 900
Web: www.megauk.com
E-mail: sales@megauk.com
Specialists in supplies for prototype and low-volume PC boards and photo-printed
panels and signs. Mega manufacture much of the PCB equipment and chemicals
you see in other UK catalogues, but their direct prices are often better.
Also their own catalogue contains many items that you won’t see anywhere
else.
- Metals 4U, online only
Web: www.metals4u.co.uk
Contact/enquiry form:
www.metals4u.co.uk/contact.asp
Shipping free on large orders over £75; smaller orders by quotation.
Many engineering metals in tube, bar and sheet, including aluminium
tubing shipped in lengths up to 5m.
- Mini-Circuits
Tel: (UK) 01252 832 600
Web: www.minicircuits.com
You can now order from the US website, and prices in GBP appear when
you select UK. Quoted prices do not include delivery or VAT, which are
added later.
A huge range of mixers, MMICs, filters, couplers and other circuit modules.
Mini-Circuits products are often specified in advanced amateur RF designs,
for their high performance and predictability.
- Mode Components has closed down.
- Mouser Electronics - highly impressive 'UK
virtual storefront' for this major US supplier.
Web: uk.mouser.com
UK.mouser.com aims to present itself exactly like a UK-based
supplier. All prices are in
UK£ (based on reasonable conversion rates from their US$ prices).
You pay VAT in the normal way, so all orders are pre-cleared with UK Customs
for faster delivery
with nothing more to pay - about 3 days later the order simply
arrives on your doorstep
.
Free Fedex
delivery on all orders above £50 + VAT.
This level of service puts many UK companies to shame!
- Radio Structures, TRS Complex, Gatelodge Close, Round Spinney
Industrial Estate, Northampton NN3 8BR
Tel: 01604 790005
Web: www.radiostructures.co.uk
Mostly professional towers, masts, cables, connectors and accessories,
but also a source for galvanised and stainless steel hardware, including
U-bolts in a range of shapes and sizes. (For cheap ss nuts and bolts, also
see Screwfix.)
- Screwfix Direct, Freepost, Yeovil BA22
8BF
Tel: 0500 41414. Fax: 0800 056 2256.
Web: www.screwfix.com
E-mail: online@screwfix.com
All kinds of DIY tools and products, at very competitive prices.
- Shesto Tools and Hobbies, Unit 2, Sapcote Trading Centre, 374
High Road, Willesden NW10 2DH
Tel: 020 8451 6188
Web: www.shesto.co.uk
E-mail: sales@shesto.co.uk
A wide range of modelling and craft tools, many of which are very useful
for electronics.
- SP Wound Components - now called simply Wound Components
Custom designed transformers - mains, audio and pulse up to 750-1000VA.
Expert service from Geoff Budden G3WZP.
- Spectrum Communications, 12 Weatherbury
Way, Dorchester DT1 2EF
Tel: 01305 262250
Web:
www.spectrumcomms.co.uk/amateur.htm
E-mail: tony@spectrumcomms.co.uk
A wide range of amateur radio kits, with associated components and useful
crystals available separately. Spectrum Communications also offer a range
of TOKO inductors and pin compatible substitutes. Tony Nailer G4CFY.
- Squires Model & Craft Tools, 100 London Road, Bognor Regis,
PO21 1DD
Tel: 01243 842424
Web: www.squirestools.com
E-mail: sales@squirestools.com
A wide range of modelling tools and soldering materials, many of which
are very useful for electronics. Also a range of electronic components.
- Sycom
Sorry to report that Robin G3NFV has closed the business, following a mild
stroke.
- TABmica, TAB Components Ltd, Unit 3, Plot
J, Cavalier Road, Heathfield, Newton Abbot TQ12 6TQ
Tel: (+44/0) 1626 833 470
Web: http://www.tabmica.co.uk/page7.html
E-mail: sales@tabmica.co.uk
Manufacturer of high-quality transmitting silvered mica capacitors,
individually made to order. The 'amateur radio' range on
this page are commercial
units in a lower-cost encapsulation.
- TLC Direct, nationwide mail order and many
branches in southern England
Mail order tel: 020 8646 6866
Web: www.tlc-direct.co.uk
Electrical wholesalers, will deal with personal customers too.
Low prices on cable, and on branded and own-brand mains fittings. Good
online catalogue, with useful information on wiring regulations, cable
sizes etc. Prices exclude VAT. Small order charge: £4.99 + VAT on
orders up to £150 + VAT; free above £150 + VAT.
- W H Westlake West Park, Clawton, Holsworthy EX22 6QN
Tel: 01409 253758
Web: www.whwestlake.co.uk
E-mail: whwestlake@hotmail.com
A familiar figure at rallies, Henry Westlake supplies a range
of cables and antenna wire at good prices, and also general accessories.
Excellent personal service.
- Wires.co.uk (formerly Scientific Wire
Company), 18 Raven Road, London E18 1HW
Tel: 0208 505 0002
Web: www.wires.co.uk
E-mail: dan@wires.co.uk
Exactly what the name implies - all kinds of wire for technical and
scientific purposes, including resistance and thermocouple wires, and many
exotic metals.
- Wound Components, Unit 12, Stanley Green Crescent Ind Estate,
Poole BH15 3TH
Tel: 01202 682828
Web: www.woundcomponents.co.uk
E-mail: info@woundcomponents.co.uk
Custom designed transformers - mains, audio and pulse up to 750-1000VA.
Expert service from Geoff Budden G3WZP.
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