NE3515S02 HEMT wanted to repair F1OPA 10GHz preamp


geoffrey pike
 

I have had good results from Chipsgate like MGF1601s
cheers
Geoff
GI0GDP

On Thursday, 2 February 2023 at 16:15:07 GMT, g4bao <john@...> wrote:


I'm WAYYY ahead of you Robin!

Already ordered some from them yesterday!

:-)


On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 at 14:14, Robin Moseley <g1mhu@...> wrote:

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maybe..  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nonbrand-1Pcs-NE3515S02-T1C-A-Encapsulation-S02/dp/B0842DZ65B

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152943429563

 

Robin G1MHU


g4bao
 

I'm WAYYY ahead of you Robin!

Already ordered some from them yesterday!

:-)


On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 at 14:14, Robin Moseley <g1mhu@...> wrote:

[Edited Message Follows]

maybe..  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nonbrand-1Pcs-NE3515S02-T1C-A-Encapsulation-S02/dp/B0842DZ65B

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152943429563

 

Robin G1MHU


Robin Moseley
 
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g4bao
 

Thanks for all the responses here. I have some options to consider and a couple of offers of similar devices.

73

John

On Wed, 1 Feb 2023, 14:03 Chris Bartram, <chris@...> wrote:

Hello John

A message to you which I had partially completed just decided to disappear. I have some 3514s and you'd be welcome to a couple if they'd help. Modern HEMTS all seem to have very similar real world performance at 10GHz: I've designed and made something like 20 different preamps for the band in the last couple of decades, and all have finally looked very similar on both on antenna (CS/G) and bench (HP346B/8970) measurements. I have tried cooling - which works, of course - but it's total PITA.

73

Chris G4DGU

On 01/02/2023 13:41, g4bao wrote:
Hi all anyone have (or know a source of) the now obsolete NE3515S02 HEMT to repair my F1OPA 10GHz EME preamp? Or anyone know of a drop-in replacement?

I had a sequencer fail yesterday and it's taken out the first device.

Any help gratefully accepted!!

73
John G4BAO


Chris Bartram <chris@...>
 

Hello John

A message to you which I had partially completed just decided to disappear. I have some 3514s and you'd be welcome to a couple if they'd help. Modern HEMTS all seem to have very similar real world performance at 10GHz: I've designed and made something like 20 different preamps for the band in the last couple of decades, and all have finally looked very similar on both on antenna (CS/G) and bench (HP346B/8970) measurements. I have tried cooling - which works, of course - but it's total PITA.

73

Chris G4DGU

On 01/02/2023 13:41, g4bao wrote:

Hi all anyone have (or know a source of) the now obsolete NE3515S02 HEMT to repair my F1OPA 10GHz EME preamp? Or anyone know of a drop-in replacement?

I had a sequencer fail yesterday and it's taken out the first device.

Any help gratefully accepted!!

73
John G4BAO


Robin Szemeti - G1YFG
 

Have you considered the other CEL device, often used in 10G front ends:


You'd have to compare datasheets ... I suspect it is very similar in DC terms, I have not examined the S paramters to hazard a guess at how close the noise match will be though, but it is cheap enough to be worth a try.


On Wed, 1 Feb 2023 at 13:41, g4bao <john@...> wrote:
Hi all anyone have (or know a source of) the now obsolete NE3515S02 HEMT to repair my F1OPA 10GHz EME preamp? Or anyone know of a drop-in replacement?

I had a sequencer fail yesterday and it's taken out the first device.

Any help gratefully accepted!!

73
John G4BAO


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Robin Szemeti - G1YFG


g4bao
 

Hi all anyone have (or know a source of) the now obsolete NE3515S02 HEMT to repair my F1OPA 10GHz EME preamp? Or anyone know of a drop-in replacement?

I had a sequencer fail yesterday and it's taken out the first device.

Any help gratefully accepted!!

73
John G4BAO