Tariff Tax Strikes Again !

https://spectrum.ieee.org/will-tariffs-hurt-makersphere

Of course hams are fellow travelers in that makersphere along with musicians, robot builders and students.  


Adafruit paid over $36,000 on goods that sold for less than $80,000 !  Makes me want to buy some Adafruit modules while they are still cheap !  For example the ever popular SI5351 at Digikey:

used in many a digital VFO



source: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/adafruit-industries-llc/2045/5353666

Oh yeah, I was gonna check Mouser, too but got this:




Sorry Mouser, hate my VPN, hate me !  NO SALE ! :)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm