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2SC828-R

Si NPN BJT TO-92 TH.1 circuit uses this part.

Datasheet · archived copy from Panasonic; the part is discontinued and the maker no longer publishes it

Substitutes Si NPN transistor

Matched on material, polarity and the limits below from the transistor parameter database. Pinouts and packages are not in that data: check the datasheet before you drop one in, and expect gain to change the sound.

This part

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2SC828	65	30 V	50 mA	0.25 W	110 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2SC536	60	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	115 MHz	4
2SC945	75	40 V	100 mA	0.25 W	125 MHz	10
2SC2458	70	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz	10
2N3416	75	50 V	500 mA	0.36 W		1
2SC1815	70	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	85
2N5173	80	45 V	25 mA	0.2 W		2
2SC2712	70	50 V	150 mA	0.15 W	80 MHz	1
2N3397	55	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	60 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BF594	65	25 V	30 mA	0.25 W	130 MHz
2SC2619C	65	30 V	100 mA	0.15 W	115 MHz
BF394	65	30 V	50 mA	0.31 W	80 MHz
2SC2070	70	32 V	50 mA	0.3 W
2SC896	70	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	100 MHz
2SC2669O	70	30 V	30 mA	0.2 W	100 MHz
KSC3488	70	25 V	300 mA	0.3 W
2N3845	60	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	120 MHz

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	Fubble Wubble 2SC1000-GR · 2SC828-R Roland AD-50 Double Beat	Roland AD-50 Double Beat	Wah / Envelope	Dead End FX	—	2	$15.00	53