I've also done business with Stewarts for nearly 30 years. Both as an amateur and for my employer(s). Never had any complaint. Last purchase was a 5316A counter at a bargain £75. the website is not brillant to look at but is a nice change from the extremes of "not updated in 6 years" to "lists every model number known, none in stock".
Robert G8RPI --- On Wed, 23/9/09, Alan Melia <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Alan Melia <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stewart of Reading > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, 23 September, 2009, 12:33 PM > Hi Poul, I am glad you had a good > experience with Stewarts, I have dealt > with them on and off over almost 40 years. In those days > they were in > Reading close to the Universtiy, and run by David's father > and mother. They > were always friendly and helpful, and always willing in > those days to haggle > with amateurs. I think they may be a little more > "professional" now. They > were often a useful source of lab grade instrument manual > copies. > Alan G3NYK > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:39 AM > Subject: [time-nuts] Stewart of Reading > > > > > > Some time ago Stewart of Reading was mentioned on the > list, and > > being in the area today, I had a chance to drop in and > buy a handful > > of attenuators. > > > > It's a residential address in a village some km > outside Reading and > > you have to call ahead (we forgot) and the instruments > are not > > arranged for display, far from it. > > > > But the overall impression was good, he knew what he > was talking > > about, knew where his stuff was, and, unfortunately, > also know > > what they should cost. You can make him an > offer, but don't be > > silly. > > > > He claimed that almost all his stuff were on the > webpage, but > > typically only listed once for each type, even if he > had > > multiple instruments. > > > > Looks like a sensible and trustworth place to me. > > > > http://www.stewart-of-reading.co.uk/ > > > > Poul-Henning > > > > > > -- > > Poul-Henning Kamp | > UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > > [email protected] > | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > > FreeBSD committer | BSD > since 4.3-tahoe > > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be > explained by > incompetence. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
