I try to have at least two sources for everything. But I don’t have for enclosures and din rail snaps. I did have to substitute two choke coils for a common mode double choke. I have seen some of my problem parts shipping now. Plastic sdr11 conduit seems to be coming down. Lumber prices are down. I am optimistic. But I normally am.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 27, 2021, at 4:03 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm getting really tired of dealing with supply chain issues. Like burnt > out, don't want to do this anymore, I've had enough tired. > > Just the things I'm dealing with today: > > The last few days, all of my spare time has been related to reviewing options > to replace a part which has become unobtainum. Like as in, manufacturer has > moved from a long lead time to 'don't bother asking'. This seems to happen > on a recurring basis now (with different parts) - versus pre-covid it was > maybe once every year or two (since I'm careful to select parts to avoid this > issue). I've had one part I've had to switch vendors on like 6 times now. > > And it's not just parts, my enclosure manufacturer for the rackinjectors sent > us this gem today: > > "We had the enclosures ready for pickup since last week, but our road is > under maintenance and the whole street got ripped off. My forklift is not > able to get off from our driveway to the road because the step is very steep. > I heard the city will start paving tomorrow. Hopefully we can load the pallet > by Wednesday." > > Can we please go back to the way it was in 2019 sometime soon? > > -- > - Forrest > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
