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ME9002

1 circuit uses this part.

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
ME9002	30	12 V		0.25 W	400 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2N708	30	15 V	200 mA	0.36 W	300 MHz	1
KT315A	30	25 V	100 mA	0.15 W	250 MHz	1
2N2369	40	15 V	200 mA	0.36 W	500 MHz	3
2N3904	40	40 V	200 mA	0.31 W	300 MHz	282
2N5845	25	40 V	1000 mA	0.625 W	300 MHz	1
2N706A	20	15 V	200 mA	0.36 W	200 MHz	1
MPSA12	20	20 V	300 mA	0.33 W	125 MHz	1
SC206	16	20 V	100 mA	0.2 W	300 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2N4419	30	12 V	200 mA	0.25 W	400 MHz
BSS21	30	12 V	200 mA	0.25 W
2N3983	30	12 V	30 mA	0.2 W	400 MHz
2N4294	30	12 V	200 mA	0.2 W	400 MHz
PN4275	30	15 V	100 mA	0.28 W	400 MHz
2N5187	30	10 V	500 mA	0.3 W	400 MHz
2N3011	30	12 V	200 mA	0.36 W	400 MHz
2N3012	30	12 V	200 mA	0.36 W	400 MHz

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	EMS VCS3 Osillator ME9002	—	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	26