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At 10:24 PM 1/22/2006, w6ah@comcast.net wrote:
>I'm willing to guess that he will tell you the expertise of people
>working on amps varies widely and those at the bottom end of the
>spectrum are of marginal competence. If I sell a few hundred
>complete kits I'm going to have a couple of dozen individuals that
>will keep me tied up on the phone for 10 to 20 hours a week with
>customer support issues. In essence I wind up troubleshoot these
>guys amps from top to bottom on issues unrelated to my product. At
>60 bucks for the kit I wind up taking it in the shorts. That was why
>he suspended production of the kits. He produced the kit as a way to
>supply a finished PC Boards and critical components to eliminate the
>grunt work of PC board lay out and etching. As well as reducing the
>the time chasing after relays and toroidal cores. Designing the
>circuit and coming up with the caps and wiring should not be that big a deal.
>
>Regarding tuning, with the Q levels as low as they are component
>selection is not that critical. The circuit is there to present a
>constant load to the transmitter through out the conduction cycle
>
>73s
>
>Bob W6AH
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I'm confused as to who is speaking here. Are you (W6AH) speaking for
yourself or for WD7S? Whose kit has production been suspended on,
yours or his? Or are you both involved in the same kit?
Sorry but it *can* be read either way.
73, Bill W6WRT
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