At 07:40 AM 11/29/2013, you wrote:
>Yes Wouter, I forgot about the disclosure thing. I can say that I=20
>ordered some rechargeable Lithium button cells from them last month=20
>(first order with them in ages). I had to say what they were for.=20
>Also had a minicircuits order delayed by a few days while a=20
>minicircuits guy from the UK tracked me down to get clarification as=20
>to what specifically I needed an FM notch filter for. Apparently the=20
>company were not happy that I'd just filled in 'research purposes' &=20
>got this guy to follow up.
>
>I've only noticed this being a problem recently, but I don't buy=20
>components much from US suppliers so maybe its been going on a=20
>while. I must admit to not really seeing how this helps with=20
>security in any way. After all if people were going to use parts=20
>supplied for nefarious purposes, they would not likely declare their=20
>true intent. It must be a nightmare for companies to have to follow=20
>up & document this, particularly for small orders.
>However, like it or not, I guess we must deal with it......
>
>Joe

Yes, I had to verify specifically that I will not be using a certain=20
component for
"maritime nuclear propulsion", among other "nefarious" applications.

OTOH, perhaps this sort of thing will open up the market to more able=20
competition,
perhaps from the electronics heartland of the planet.

--sp =20

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