Hat¡¯s off even more so to someone who manufactured nearly a hundred Heyphone cave radios single-handed, on a non-commercial basis ¨C John Hey, G3TDZ.
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On 11 Jan 2018, at 17:27, jjpurdum via Groups.Io <
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I kitted 29 antenna analyzer kits in my basement...never again. My hat's off to anyone who does kits. It's a thankless job and you only hear from the one percent.
Jack, W8TEE
From:?Stephen Farthing G0XAR JO92ON97 <squirrox@...>
To:?[email protected]?
Sent:?Thursday, January 11, 2018 11:12 AM
Subject:?Re: [QRPLabs] QCX 40, still waiting for parts before shipping?
Hi guys,
Back in the mists of time Hans and I did 100 kits of the legendary three transistor 30 meter beacon to support his talk at FDIM. He sold out and had back orders so I took on the role of kitting and posting via Royal Mail until I had to stop owing to my own and my late father¡¯s ill health. We shipped over 1000 kits of the First and ultimate designs.?
My experience with the Royal Mail was that they were expensive, slow and one percent give or take never arrived. The packaging costs, even when we bought envelopes in bulk, were pretty high. Back then we shipped kits in bubble wrap envelopes but often had parts mangled.?
Shipping from Japan is less expensive, the packaging is much better as you get a box rather than an envelope and from all accounts is quicker with a lower loss rate than Royal Mail. Also the ladies packing the kits are way better than I was at ensuring all the parts are included.?
Regards,
Steve G0XAR
