How much time will you spend researching vendor solutions? On the ordering process? Going to Airborne to pick up the package because they got the city wrong? ************** I spent no time, since they got it right the first time and it came to the door. **************** The Research time was quite a bit, some of it here on this list, but this is a pleasure. *********** The actual selection was very easy, once I understood enough to know I wanted / needed an external antenna with Gain , I looked on Ebay and found what I needed for less than $50.00 It came with mounting hardware connectors pigtails... ********* The Comercially available antennas seem to be consistent in their performance and I do not need to invest in all that testing. Also How much does it cost to get your PCA1000 Fcc approved?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Michael Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 7:02 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [BAWUG] RE: PCA economics > How much does it cost to make a Pringles can antenna? > Given your labor cost at $6.25 / hour? How much time will you spend researching vendor solutions? On the ordering process? Going to Airborne to pick up the package because they got the city wrong? > How much does a comercially available antenna with equal or better > performance cost? ca. $75-150 USD > How long will a pringles can antenna work mounted on the roof in the > weather? > How long will a comparable comercially available antenna with equal or > better perfoemance last in the elements? You can put your pringles can antenna in a PVC enclosure. > I like the Pringles thing, I have seen several successful > projects but I > have just wondered about the economics... No pain, no gain. :-) > Also It's tough to explain to a business customer why they > should have alot > of confidence in what appears to be trash. Go buy some rub-on lettering and put PCA-1000 on the PVC enclosure. There, you've turn trash into margin. <10 bazillion lines snipped. > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
