Gentlemen,
This is not the "bash China" reflector. Please take the
political discussion elsewhere.
Administrator, amps@contesting.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David C. Hallam
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:08 PM
> To: EP Swynar; AMPS; Bill Fuqua
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Amphenol Connectors made in China
>
>
> I shudder to think what will happen when Chinese made cars
> start arriving at
> your local friendly Chevrolet dealer about next year.
> Remember the Yugo.
>
> David
> KC2JD/4
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amps-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]On
> > Behalf Of EP Swynar
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:45 PM
> > To: AMPS; Bill Fuqua
> > Subject: Re: [Amps] Amphenol Connectors made in China
> >
> >
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > I hope you never ingested anything that might have
> contained paint from it
> > for fear of lead poisoning, or had one accidentally eaten
> by your dog!
> >
> > A few months ago I bought a couple of mag-mount CB antennas
> for use in a
> > mobile intercom set-up during the process of moving my son to
> > Maine...we got
> > about 10 miles down the highway, when one of the antennas
> simply flew off
> > the trunk lid! Cheap, ineffective maganets. The only thing
> that saved the
> > works from flying right into the windshield of the vehicle behind
> > us was the
> > coax cable...
> >
> > When I re-packaged both for return to Wal-Mart, there it
> was: "Made In
> > China."
> >
> > Then there was the time my wife's M.I.C. steam iron sparked
> & caught fire,
> > my M.I.C. socket broke in half when I was torquing a bolt,
> my M.I.C. hole
> > saw lost all its cutting teeth after just one application...well,
> > I could go
> > on, but you get the picture.
> >
> > "You truly get only what you pay for."
> >
> > >From now on, I make it a point to ALWAYS look & see where
> > anything was made
> > that I buy --- I prefer to pay a premium, as long as it says
> > "Made In USA",
> > or, "Made In Canada."
> >
> > Sadly, our captains of industry in North America have
> elected to steer so
> > much production to distant offshore locations, that it's
> increasingly
> > hard --- if not downright impossible, for some items --- to
> be able to do
> > so. Maybe things will change if more consumers press
> litigation against
> > outfits like Mattel, etc., adding cost to their decisions
> to re-locate.
> >
> > ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
> >
> > **********************
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Fuqua" <wlfuqu00@uky.edu>
> > To: "AMPS" <amps@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:50 PM
> > Subject: [Amps] Amphenol Connectors made in China
> >
> >
> > > Just started installing some Amphenol BNC panel mount
> connectors and
> > > found them to be very substandard to the products I am
> accustomed to
> > > getting. I started spinning no the nut by hand and the
> nut was so loose
> > > that it actually skipped a thread and began cross
> threading. This was
> > > finger torque only. In fact, it is difficult to keep them
> from cross
> > > threading.
> > > Got a second sealed package and the same problem. Flipped
> > the package
> > > over and there it was, Made in China.
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Bill wa4lav
> > >
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