The Ambit Catalogue, of fond memory

Ambit showed up on the scene just as bipolar transistors were getting a grip on RF transmit applications, and JFET and MOSFET signal devices were changing the face of radio receiver design along with varicap diodes  Integrated circuits were beginning to amalgamate a wide range of functions for AM/FM and FM radio - including on board balanced mixers.

Digital displays were also just showing up - fluorescent and LED displays made the construction of radios a lot more precise and simpler, after a half century of cogs, cords, dials, and pointers.

We looked inside Japanese equipment and sourced the same TOKO coils, Murata and Uniden filters that Japanese manufacturers were using by the 100k, and made them available to the enthusiast and development lab in small volume. We supplied everyone involved in the electronics business that needed wireless parts in those days: the BBC, IBA, MoD, Marconi, Racal, Quad, A&R, Universities ...you name it.

Because we were offering parts parts that were not generally found in UK data reference books and catalogues - we had to create our own data, back in the days before desktop publishing. Below we offer links to 5 PDF editions of the early catalogues that contain data on many parts that are still being used in news designs, plus kits and building block modules.  This was mostly a pre-digital era where the emphasis was on linear and analogue. The founders sold the business in the 80s, and then worked together on projects such as Amstrad's computers during that golden age when Amstrad even outsold IBM in Europe, as affordable microcomputing really took off.

Feel free to download and enjoy! 
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