Gigavac is the old Kilovac company that made vacuum relays for years. They
are good relays and as you see, they give hams a discount on certain relays.
Ray,
N6VR
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>wrote:
> I would buy through Max-Gain. In my experience, they are very good to
> deal with and stand behind what they sell.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
> http://reversebeacon.net,
> blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
> For spots, please go to your favorite
> ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
>
>
> On 4/26/2013 6:40 AM, Tõnno Vähk wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have experience with products by Greenstone, especially the
>> vacuum relays:
>>
>> http://www.greenstoneusa.com/**vacuumrelays.htm<http://www.greenstoneusa.com/vacuumrelays.htm>
>>
>> They are supposedly made in China and cost several time less than say
>> Jennings, etc..
>>
>> They are sold by for example RF Parts:
>>
>> http://www.rfparts.com/relays/**relays-vacuum.html?p=2<http://www.rfparts.com/relays/relays-vacuum.html?p=2>
>>
>> and MAX-GAIN:
>>
>> http://www.mgs4u.com/RF-**Microwave/vacuum-relays-SPDT.**htm<http://www.mgs4u.com/RF-Microwave/vacuum-relays-SPDT.htm>
>>
>> VC-2 sells for less than USD 100 while equivalent Jennings is over USD
>> 300.
>>
>> Worth taking a risk?
>>
>> And then there is this special offer for hams by Gigavac:
>>
>> http://www.gigavac.com/**catalog/amateur-radio.html<http://www.gigavac.com/catalog/amateur-radio.html>
>>
>> Anyone tried those relays?
>>
>> 73
>> Tonno
>> es5tv
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