Nobody ever said they were a full service shop like International was. They sell good stable crystals that you should be able to pop into a channel element and go. ?I have two low band crystals in a Micor base and am not having any problems. ?
You are not back to square one, you have a good resource for crystals l, now you just have to do the assembly work yourself. I am sure you will get better results and less frustration than products from Bomar despite paying out the rear end for international shipping by DHL. ?
As for the international calling issue, VOIP providers can do whatever they want because they are largely unregulated and don¡¯t have to follow the dialing plan mandated by the state PUC. They try to follow the NANP but due to their revenue constraints they are not going to use a real carrier to get around the world. They stick with other SIPP providers and, as a result, you get what you pay for. ?
As for the ¡°dial a code to make a long distance call on a party line to get the billing right¡± that code was called a ¡°circle digit¡±. ?I have never seen it used in practice but see the references in the software for line assignment. ?Only have seen single digit circle digits, never two digit circle digits because party lines never went beyond eight parties so one digit was enough. Otherwise the call went ONI for Operator Number Identification.?
Okay back to crystals¡
Kevin KA0JQO?
