While researching construction techniques for choke baluns I stumbled across a harsh reality.
The price of Toroid pieces can vary immensely depending on where you purchase it.
Case in point:
A 2.4 inch outside diameter ring toroid with type 43 material costs $13.65 from Palomar Engineers. The same thing costs $3.79 from Mouser.
Both are, I am pretty sure, model 5943003801 from Fair-Rite.
I just purchased twelve from Mouser at a bulk price of $3.51 each.
Price differences are what they are, but wow… this is a bit amazing. I am not afraid to pay good money for good things; I am not a cheap ham. However, I will draw the line at paying 3x the price for the same thing.
Amidon came back with a quote of $2.93 each. I would have purchased from them, but Mouser was ready to fulfill my order immediately online.