Ron,
Thanks for the tip, I have since found several places - including one
in the Bay Area - that will do doubled sided boards for $35 each,
minimum of 2!! Way better than I remember.
Thanks for the tip, I'll check him out!
Michael
--- Ron <w8ron@stratos.net> wrote:
> Prototype PCB run ~$300 for 1 or two PCBs to about ~$500 for about 25
> to 50
> boards where the lower numbers would be for a physically larger
> board. This
> includes about $200+ for the artwork.
> I use him all the time and have never been let down.
>
> If you are paying $2K, you need to contact Don Skowronski
> <dski@nutronicspcb.com> for a quote.
> ---
> Ron
>
>
>
> WYsixK wrote:
>
> > The smallest amount a PCB house will accept here in Silicon Valley
> is
> > about $2000. Even for a handful of simple boards (customers
> supplies
> > the artwork). Show me a house that will make a one-off for $27!
> Give
> > me their contact info and I'll give them some business!
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > --- Jim Strohm <jstrohm@texas.net> wrote:
> > > WYsixK <wy6k@yahoo.com> says--
> > >
> > > >Now I read this again and realize that Steve Katz mentioned the
> ways
> > > in
> > > >which the RFE amps failed to meet FCC requirements. So is the
> issue
> > > >not that the FCC dislikes kits per se but that the kits that are
> > > >offered do not meet FCC requirements?
> > > >
> > > >I checked out the Communications Concepts web site and see that
> the
> > > PCB
> > > >for their 1000 watt solid state amp is $27. What's outrageous
> about
> > > >that?
> > >
> > >
> > > Do you know what fabricated PCBs cost, even in short runs?
> > >
> > > With the art work in hand, I could go to a custom board house and
> > > have
> > > one-off boards custom-made for less than what CCI is asking. In
> a
> > > quantity
> > > run, the price would fall well below two dollars a board very
> > > quickly.
> > >
> > > And -- did you happen to check the price of the active devices
> for
> > > that
> > > 1000-watt CCI amp? You probably will not believe me when I tell
> you
> > > that
> > > it's over $900.
> > >
> > > On the other hand -- most of the RFE amps use the 2SC2879 device,
> > > which
> > > sells in small-handful quantities at about $15. each. Properly
> > > biased and
> > > heatsinked, these are good for 100 watts each all day long.
> > >
> > > So on the one hand you've got CCI selling amps made from
> expensive,
> > > hard-to-power, hard-to-cool Motorola devices, and on the other
> hand
> > > you've
> > > got RFE selling amps made from cheap, easy-to-power, easy-to-cool
> > > Japanese
> > > devices.*
> > >
> > > The RFE amp goes straight out the door and under the dash of a
> semi
> > > for
> > > about 20% of the cost of the CCI amp -- which requires some
> > > relatively
> > > sophisticated work to power up.
> > >
> > > Are you starting to get a clue about the political and societal
> > > ramifications of the RFE decision?**
> > >
> > > I've never advocated the unlawful use of amps on 11 meters.
> However,
> > > I've
> > > never completely agreed with how the FCC chose to close the 27
> MHz
> > > barn
> > > doors after all the horses ran off in the mid 1970s. That
> appalling
> > > lack
> > > of enforcement was mirrored in the FCC's laissez-faire attitude
> about
> > > the
> > > ham bands until only a few years ago. Fortunately, we hams are a
> > > little
> > > bit better at self-regulation than the CBers, except for maybe on
> a
> > > few
> > > narrow slivers of the phone bands.
> > >
> > > Jim N6OTQ
> > >
> > > * You need to see the inside of a Texas Star 667.*** And THEN
> > > explore the
> > > reasons why you can legally buy this and other Texas Star radios
> > > legally,
> > > and why they're all FCC type accepted.
> > >
> > > ** And what about the FCC's decision to add 17 CB channels in
> 1977, a
> > > choice that put Hy-Gain out of business at a time when we could
> not
> > > afford
> > > to hemorrhage any more jobs to Japan, Inc.?
> > >
> > > *** And then compare THAT to the inside of an Ameritron ALS600.
> > >
> > >
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