These transistors came to me while producing the T41 kits. The RD16HHF1 is a fantastic (and EXPENSIVE) HF amplifier transistor. It is unfortunately out of production so only available as surplus. That leaves the market rife with fraud. Somebody took something cheap in a TO-220 package, laser-etched on a lie, and sent them to me for $6 each. To them I say – I hope your colon grows taste buds.
To you I say – WHAT THE HECK IS THIS THING? I kept them around to see if I can poke at them and figure out what they actually are. Stop by my booth at Pacificon, take a transistor, and see if you can figure it out.
Contest Rules
- Sign up with your email and pick up a transistor at my booth (Pacificon 2025).
- Use the tools and methods of your choice to identify the actual part inside (hint: it’s not labelled correctly).
- Email justin@ai6ym.radio with a part number and your evidence.
- The first registered person to correctly identify2 the part (with evidence) will receive a $50 AI6YM.radio gift credit. Contest entry will close once a correct identification has been confirmed or when I run out of transistors.
Fine Print
- Email sign up is required for contest entry. No purchase necessary. ↩︎
- Determination of correctness will be based purely on the opinion of Justin Giorgi, AI6YM. ↩︎
- Gift credits have no cash value but may be transferred to the person of your choice. ↩︎
This contest is a game, a way to have some fun with some fake garbage created by some fraudulent a–holes on the other side of the world. Don’t take it seriously, the world needs less a–holes.