Im well aware of your relationship with Chris Jeff and I wasnt tossing
any grief in your direction. Who do you think Ive been using for years
since its a short drive away? I havent bought a fresh built Dahl in over
10 years; their attitude was horrible, delivery slow, and freight became
excessive.
My comment was more directed to using one of Magcaps established designs
instead of reinventing the wheel and trying to make do with a Dahl. We
both know that no two transformer companies design exactly the same.
And Magcap does have their own established business including a line of
ham sizes. A Dahl design goes thru you, and a Magcap or custom design
goes to Chris. A smart buyer then makes his choice.
http://www.magcap.com/custom_rfq.php
And then there are the other companies that are competing.
Time is money.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Weinberg W8CQ" <w8cqjeff@verizon.net>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 10:34 PM
Subject: [Amps] Open Reply to Steve Cook
> Hi Everyone,
> I am not going to drag this out. I will make one reply to Steve's
> comments and leave it at that. He is telling his side and I will tell
> mine.
>
> I tried to help Steve with a custom design using some of Pete's old
> designs for similar units. In order to get the voltage and current
> ratings he wanted, an A-0550 core was called for. This particular
> core
> is made by Magnetic Metals and their product code is MS-314B. The
> price
> on a pair of those cores alone is over $1600 and with the freight
> charge, the cost of cores alone is almost $2000 (weight just shy of
> 175
> lbs shipped from California to the east coast brings the core cost to
> almost $2000).
>
> Pete's old design used this core. I had assumed that the current
> price
> of that core would be similar to the old price of almost 5 years ago.
> I
> was wrong in my initial estimate of the core cost. I tried to make a
> design that would meet Steve's requirements, but I could not do it
> based
> on current core pricing.
>
> I don't know what else to do. He told me that someone else could make
> the transformer for $2400 or $2500, so I politely told him he should
> buy
> it from them.
>
> Keep in mind, I went though about at least 8 hours of design changes
> and
> iterations to try to make Steve happy at no cost to Steve, but I could
> not do it. I could not match someone other manufacturer's price and
> that should have been the end of it.
>
> I guess Steve has to vent his frustration and that is his right. I
> just
> wanted to tell my side also.
>
> By the way for Carl KM1H, who do you think helped me with the design
> of
> this unit? Chris, from MagCap, my business partner. There you go!
>
> Jeff W8CQ
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