Hi Bob,
According to the USPS tracking number I'll have a BG7TBL GPSDO on Monday :-)
I really wanted to "Buy American" but a 10 dB price difference is worth taking
the risk.
Wes
On 5/1/2020 7:29 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote:
Hi
I would guess that the vast majority of folks on the list and an even
larger percentage doing the FMT are buying their GPSDO’s on eBay.
Which ones they buy and how well the work is very much a “that depends
sort of thing”.
The crop of devices at low(er) prices changes every 3 to 5 years. Whatever
is being torn apart right now will be contributing the low cost stuff. If you
bought
5 years ago your choices were very different. Go back 5 or 10 years past that
and
the devices change again and then again.
There’s no reason to believe that “things were better in the old days”. Mostly
just
different. The issues have been worked out on stuff that hit eBay 20 years ago.
That’s just the way it works. How well they have been worked out …. that depends
on the device and how picky you are.
This does not simply apply to GPSDO’s. A while back eBay was awash in telecom
Rb’s. Some bought so many they can’t keep track of all of them. Today a $35
listing
for an Rb is pretty unusual. That’s just supply and demand. Wait another 5 or 10
years and we probably will be awash in cheap ones again.
Right now “entry level” GPSDO’s are still below $100 delivered. That’s not all
that
crazy compared to a lot of gear in a typical shack or on a typical bench.
Bob
On May 1, 2020, at 9:25 PM, Wes <[email protected]> wrote:
An update on this:
I emailed both Jackson and Brandywine for prices on both the Desktop Fury, in
Jackson's case, and the board versions from each of them.
The good news is that they both were responsive. The bad news is they are both
out of my price range. Jackson by about 3 dB. Brandywine clearly didn't want
to sell me anything, as exemplified by a fee of $47 to use a credit card.
As much as I would like to be more nutty, I can't justify spending this kind of
money just to participate in ARRL FMTs where the only direction I have to go is
down.
Wes N7WS
On 4/24/2020 11:56 AM, Wes wrote:
Taking some of the advice offered, I've emailed them for P&A. I'll let you
know if I hear back.
Wes
On 4/24/2020 10:45 AM, Kevin Rowett wrote:
On Apr 24, 2020, at 10:32 AM, Mark Spencer <[email protected]> wrote:
Speaking both as an amateur radio operator and some one who modestly pursues
precision time and frequency as a hobby, I am extremely happy with my Jackson
Labs Fury
GPSDO.
Speaking of Jackson Labs, has anyone heard from them, since the lockdown
commenced?
KR
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