It was a 2000 dollar (or more) "hammer" and I put it in quotes, because I knew
the guy who sold it to them. It was a impulse "hammer", which had a complete
accelerometer kit with and had a specific stiffness. You mounted all sorts of
accelerometers on the device under test (supplied separately) and then took
your instrumented hammer and gave the DUT a rap with it, and you could measure
the response to the now quantified shock
So yep, a hammer, but something special
--
73 de KG2V
Charlie
> On Jan 4, 2017, at 12:33 AM, Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As one who spent almost 40 years
> working on Government Contracts
> (on the Management side), I can
> tell you that the $500 Hammer is
> a figment of someones vivid
> imagination.
>
> Cost Proposals, even for Fixed Price
> contracts are carefully scrutinized and
> must be fully documented. Even then,
> the Government will ask for a "Best and
> Final" Proposal.
>
> However, this is starting to stray from
> this forums charter, I will say no more.
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 10:11 PM, Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote:
>>
>> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 18:43:43 -0700
>> From: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@gmail.com>
>> To: towertalk <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] US Tower price increase
>>
>> You chaps are looking under the
>> wrong rock here.
>>
>> With the potential of a large increase
>> in orders for use on the "Wall", this
>> is just the precursor to justify the
>> prices that will be charged to the
>> government.
>>
>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>>
>> ## Bingo, u just nailed it. Trumps 10 billion dollar wall, will
>> no doubt consist of a lot of security cameras etc, on tower
>> platforms. This is no different than the $500.00 hammers
>> from the 70s. Funny how business can make a killing, on
>> govt contracts.
>>
>> ## somebody should notify the GOP folks..that they are about
>> to be ripped off big time. No wonder the F-35 costs so much.
>> I found it amusing that as soon as trump said he wont pay huge
>> $$ for the F-35, the price dropped. Ditto with air force 1 and boeing.
>>
>> ## Its all a scam....and a real bad deal for the taxpayer. Extend that
>> for everything else, like roads, bridges, etc, etc.
>>
>> Jim VE7RF
>>
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