Can anyone identify the manufacturer's logo on this ceramic filter please
The only reference I can find is to an ebay store based in China, and they brand it as 'CD' , but also give a complete part number LTM50EW as well as other ones with similar P/N's or state the actual frequency.
ie LTM55EW represents a 455kHz filter, the M50EW is a 450kHz filter etc. All similar footprint and probably copies of muRata parts etc.
Cheers for the reply, I need 450kHz and 455kHz in different bandwidths, the LTM's are just generics so I avoid those.
muRata do manufacture these parts but I cannot find anywhere that actually sells them and muRata will not respond to any requests I've sent them directly.
TOKO originally manufactured these parts but they had a manufacturing issue and as such nearly all of them are faulty, muRata took over TOKO.
I come across this issue quite often and have to replace 4 different types of these ceramic filters on certain transceivers, others take 2 or 3.
But the only type I have found that seem to be reliable and were available are the ones with the "CD" logo, but I really need to know who they are so I can order more, I was getting these from Kenwood and Yaesu directly but they have run out of stock.
Interestingly the last batch I had that came from Kenwood were TOKO so had been in Kenwoods parts storage for some time as these haven't been manufactured for years. When they arrived the legs were black and you could clearly see the hygroscopic contamination/migration had already taken place which really adds little weight to the DC blocking argument.