[ntp:questions] Motorola Oncore GPS as Stratum 1 source

John Ackermann N8UR jra at febo.com
Fri Oct 19 12:29:08 UTC 2012


On 10/18/2012 11:21 PM, Mike S wrote:
> On 10/18/2012 10:48 PM, A C wrote:
>> On 10/18/2012 09:18, Mike S wrote:
>>> Look for P202-ND. I'm not sure what the "dash" suffix signifies, but it
>>> seems that Digikey ends _all_ their part numbers with the same one.
>
>> ND means "No Discount".  Parts that had ND didn't have a price break for
>> large quantities while parts that were missing the ND would have breaks
>> for 10, 25, 50, etc.
>
> Good story, but demonstrably not true. Current case in point,
>
> http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/BR-2325%2FHCN/P202-ND/45791
>
> has -ND, and has quantity discounts - 1.73/1, 15.53/10, etc.

What I always heard is that "ND" is "New Digikey" and it is now a relic 
of a changeover they made in their part numbering system years ago.

What a brave new world we live in, that we have Digikey urban legends!

John




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