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[TowerTalk] New Fair-Rite Part -- BAD NEWS

To: towertalk@contesting.com, Reflector Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>, 'TopBand' <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] New Fair-Rite Part -- BAD NEWS
From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: k9yc@arrl.net
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:36:44 -0800
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Several months ago, I put together a large group purchase of Fair-Rite cores, including the new part number 2631181381. which the catalog lists as a "Round Cable Snap-It" with an i.d. of 1.4-in, an o.d. of 2.4-in, and 2.5-in long. We were quoted $9.30 for 420 pieces, which is less than half the cost of the five #31 toroids that would be electrically equivalent. Ward, N0AX, saw my announcement on an email reflector and noted it in his Contest Update.

Turns out that the new part was too good to true. My delivery arrived last night, and it's not what's listed in two respects. First, there's no clamping assembly. Second, a box that is labeled as containing 30 pieces contains 30 HALF cylinders, two of which are required to make a choke, and they must be held in place by tape or ty-wraps. I'm returning the entire shipment for credit.

Please copy this email to other ham reflectors to which you have access, so that any others who may have ordered these parts that they are NOT as listed in the catalog, and NOT generally useful to us.

73, Jim K9YC
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