VFE Switching Board J175

[chongmagic]

It seems that Mouser is out of stock of the J175s and there is a 26 week lead time. I cannot seem to find them anywhere else, is there something I can use as a substitute?

[chongmagic]

Actually they have these but they are like 3 bucks a piece.

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/InterFET/J175?qs=sGAEpiMZZMv4z0HnGdrLjo0W1AxRZQdlG9wyqYjn58qe%252bdjHDMBGpw%3d%3d

[zgrav]

ebay has a seller in Sebring, Florida selling 10 J175s for $3.99 plus $3.25 shipping.  Delivery is usually less than a week.  I have had good experience with that seller ordering this part and a few others.

[Netnnk]

I once built a noise gate that asked for a J177 through hole, which is obsolete and harder to get than the J175.  I ended up using an smd version of the  J177 with an adapter board.  I also bought the J175 you linked since it was recommended as a substitute, and it worked just as well- in that circuit at least.

[chongmagic]

I bought the ones on ebay, thanks for the tip. They seemed to be Fairchild. I got 10 for pretty much what one would cost on Mouser with the others out of stock.

[madbean]

J176 might work as a sub which Mouser has in quantity. Don't have any here to test, though.

[chongmagic]

Thanks Brian, hopefully the ones I ordered from eBay will be good.

[fair.child]

I remember ordered my J175 from Arrow. Have you checked them yet?

[jjjimi84]

In case any one is wondering the 176 worked in my triplet build.