Re: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed
At 03:55 PM 3/16/2009, ww3s73 wrote: Our county EMA office is going to purchase us a new set of duplexers for our repeater, but we need at least 2 quotes on a company letterhead. Can't find any ham dealers that sell them, anybody know a company that deals in duplexers? ---We an authorized Telewave dealer. Send me mail offlist of your requirements Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and we offer complete repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!
RE: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed
Should I be the bad guy and say it? *ALL* of the commercial distributors (re-)sell them. Now to make that answer more useful... who are the commercial distributors? Telewave's own sales folks should be able to find you about four metric tons of dealership names and phone numbers... http://www.telewave.com/sales.html I'd also be surprised if your county's radio shop didn't already have a dealer they like to use who provides them at a significant discount to government purchasers. Have you talked to them? Having the county purchaser make the request for quote on THEIR letterhead should garner at the VERY least, a 10-15% automatic discount from all the major distributors, as far as I've seen. People here will probably also reply with the 'big names' like Tessco and others. There are a few national dealers of all things RF related, but I'd start with the local shop and see where THEY order through, and who they trust... plus they may already have accounts there, and may also have authorization to purchase from them (due to contractual discount rates) that allow them to NOT have to have multiple quotes from multiple companies. You just never know... Hope that helps. Nate WY0X -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ww3s73 Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 4:55 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed Our county EMA office is going to purchase us a new set of duplexers for our repeater, but we need at least 2 quotes on a company letterhead. Can't find any ham dealers that sell them, anybody know a company that deals in duplexers?
RE: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed
p.s. I can't figure out how I got the impression you were looking for a Telewave product. Did you say? Now I don't see it. Who's duplexers are you looking at? There's multiple vendors selling them these days, of different quality, of course. Many people seem to like TX-RX for brand new stuff, lately. Lots of used gear on the market that you'll NEVER be able to get a quote on, too... but will come in for you and your county's budget at 1/4 to 1/3 the price... Nate WY0X -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nate Duehr Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:15 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed Should I be the bad guy and say it? *ALL* of the commercial distributors (re-)sell them. Now to make that answer more useful... who are the commercial distributors? Telewave's own sales folks should be able to find you about four metric tons of dealership names and phone numbers... http://www.telewave.com/sales.html I'd also be surprised if your county's radio shop didn't already have a dealer they like to use who provides them at a significant discount to government purchasers. Have you talked to them? Having the county purchaser make the request for quote on THEIR letterhead should garner at the VERY least, a 10-15% automatic discount from all the major distributors, as far as I've seen. People here will probably also reply with the 'big names' like Tessco and others. There are a few national dealers of all things RF related, but I'd start with the local shop and see where THEY order through, and who they trust... plus they may already have accounts there, and may also have authorization to purchase from them (due to contractual discount rates) that allow them to NOT have to have multiple quotes from multiple companies. You just never know... Hope that helps. Nate WY0X -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ww3s73 Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 4:55 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed Our county EMA office is going to purchase us a new set of duplexers for our repeater, but we need at least 2 quotes on a company letterhead. Can't find any ham dealers that sell them, anybody know a company that deals in duplexers? Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed
p.p.s. Oh duh, it was Ken's reply. (Hi Ken.) You may want to look at Bird/TX-RX also... http://birdtechnologies.thomasnet.com/viewitems/all-categories-duplexers-and -triplexers/duplexers-2?forward=1 Nate WY0X -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nate Duehr Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:17 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed p.s. I can't figure out how I got the impression you were looking for a Telewave product. Did you say? Now I don't see it. Who's duplexers are you looking at? There's multiple vendors selling them these days, of different quality, of course. Many people seem to like TX-RX for brand new stuff, lately. Lots of used gear on the market that you'll NEVER be able to get a quote on, too... but will come in for you and your county's budget at 1/4 to 1/3 the price... Nate WY0X -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nate Duehr Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:15 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed Should I be the bad guy and say it? *ALL* of the commercial distributors (re-)sell them. Now to make that answer more useful... who are the commercial distributors? Telewave's own sales folks should be able to find you about four metric tons of dealership names and phone numbers... http://www.telewave.com/sales.html I'd also be surprised if your county's radio shop didn't already have a dealer they like to use who provides them at a significant discount to government purchasers. Have you talked to them? Having the county purchaser make the request for quote on THEIR letterhead should garner at the VERY least, a 10-15% automatic discount from all the major distributors, as far as I've seen. People here will probably also reply with the 'big names' like Tessco and others. There are a few national dealers of all things RF related, but I'd start with the local shop and see where THEY order through, and who they trust... plus they may already have accounts there, and may also have authorization to purchase from them (due to contractual discount rates) that allow them to NOT have to have multiple quotes from multiple companies. You just never know... Hope that helps. Nate WY0X -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ww3s73 Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 4:55 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed Our county EMA office is going to purchase us a new set of duplexers for our repeater, but we need at least 2 quotes on a company letterhead. Can't find any ham dealers that sell them, anybody know a company that deals in duplexers? Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed
I can think of a few: DB Spectra, TX-RX, RFS Celwave, Telewave, Comprod, Sinclair. Ham dealers normally don't sell duplexers... 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ww3s73 Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 3:55 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed Our county EMA office is going to purchase us a new set of duplexers for our repeater, but we need at least 2 quotes on a company letterhead. Can't find any ham dealers that sell them, anybody know a company that deals in duplexers?
Re: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed
You might try Tessco if they need a commercial distributor. Your county or local municipality probably has someone who services their gear who might be a dealer. Chuck On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Eric Lemmon wb6...@verizon.net wrote: I can think of a few: DB Spectra, TX-RX, RFS Celwave, Telewave, Comprod, Sinclair. Ham dealers normally don't sell duplexers... 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.comRepeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.comRepeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ww3s73 Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 3:55 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] quote for duplexers needed Our county EMA office is going to purchase us a new set of duplexers for our repeater, but we need at least 2 quotes on a company letterhead. Can't find any ham dealers that sell them, anybody know a company that deals in duplexers? -- = Charles L. Mills Westmoreland Co. ARES EC Amateur Radio Callsign W3YNI Email: w3y...@gmail.com
