Ambit becomes Cirkit in 1984
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Yes I remember the Cirkit catalogue, one of my preferred mail order suppliers. I didn't know they were connected to Bulgin
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I still have two or three Ambit catalogues somewhere in the shed. Their place in Brentwood was only a mile from my home, very convenient for popping in for the odd component.
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I wish I'd kept a few of my old Cirkit catalogues. mainly as a reference for component part numbers.
It's also interesting to see the news item for Arrow Electronics. I lived in Essex in the mid/late 1980s and often visited their shop in Hatfield Peverel. It was on the junction of Station Road. I didn't realise they had only been there since 1984. They must be long gone from there by now. I left Essex in 1989. |
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There are a couple of Cirkit catalogues upstairs.
Full of unobtainium coils & suchlike. |
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Cirkit had moved to Park Lane Broxbourne by the early 90s.
This marks the spot. Now a block of flats. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.74...7i13312!8i6656 |
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Both Cirkit and Bonex supplied all of my needs back in the day, miss them now. Bonex are still going I think, but seem trade only.
I remember the early days of Bonex when they had a shop in Acton, they were so helpful. |
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Yes Bonex were very useful. I think I went to the Acton counter once.
The strange thing I remember about them is they used to offer a conversion service. You want 1uH but we have 1.5uH - leave it a couple of days. When everyone else was saying no stock you would agree to that... Later I used to buy whatever was cheap for the can and ferrite combo and convert my own. |
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Then he'd nip to Ealing to buy metal from Clay Bros for his projects. |
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With Bill Poel's prior agreement, I'm pleased to offer VRF users a Google Drive shared link to Ambit Catalogues 1 - 5:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...q0OFC3Skc5PrLt Any problems, please PM me. Best wishes Guy |
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Thankyou for the downloads, most interesting reading material.
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Yes - thanks Guy. Had these once as hard copy but long gone.
Nice to read through again. Pretty amazing that #5 is still only 1982. There is much more to find if it can be done. If that time machine thread is still open - I will choose to go back here as my first trip please. |
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Cheers Guy, appreciated.
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I never bought anything from Cirkit but bought parts from Ambit in 1978. The parts were for a 2 metre converter that appeared in one of the radio mags. that year; 2N40673 dual gate MOSFETs and real Aladdin style coil formers - non of this toroidal nonsense :)
Cheers Aub |
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Happy to help :thumbsup:
b.t.w. - @Aub - the dual gate MOSFET number would have been '40673' - no '2N' in front of it ;) I recollect that the '3N201' was a similar device & most memorably specified in the P.W. 'Sandown' home-build VHF-FM tuner ca. 1975. Best wishes Guy |
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The formation of Ambit led them to purchase Data Publications (Radio Constructor) and launch the new "Radio & Electronics World" magazine, in which they could feature the latest kits. These kits were still being offered by Cirkit 10 years later.
Cirkit had a link with Bulgin. I believe it was later acquired by Roxborough. |
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And the MKT1813 capacitors - made by Roederstein, before Vishay acquired them in their bid for world domination in passives. |
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