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Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 203, Issue 3

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 203, Issue 3
From: Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 13:16:30 -0800
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Here you go.  Use Fair Rite No. 31
Make your own chokes with Jims  "cookbook"

http://k9yc.com/2018Cookbook.pdf


Bob
K6UJ





> On Nov 3, 2019, at 11:48 AM, GIL ARROYO <gilcanyon@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> How about a specific recommendation for HF Ferrites?   gil  KI7SJC
> 
> 
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>> Today's Topics:
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>>   1. Re: Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material (jimlux)
>>   2. Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material (Jim Thomson)
>>   3. Re: Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material (jimlux)
>>   4. Re: Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material (David Gilbert)
>>   5. Re: Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material (Jack Brindle)
>>   6. Re: Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material (David Gilbert)
>>   7. Re: Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material (Don)
>> 
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>> 
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 09:32:13 -0700
>> From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>> Message-ID: <a5380ed3-fb89-095a-9b4d-3473784f6f02@earthlink.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>> 
>> On 11/2/19 2:28 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>>> On 11/1/2019 6:40 PM, Roger Parsons via TowerTalk wrote:
>>>> I would imagine that processing has improved since then, but this must 
>>>> still be to some extent true.
>>> 
>>> You have a vivid imagination. :) I have measured data to prove that. 
>>> Also see N6RK's post. As luck would have it, I gave a talk to a Silicon 
>>> Valley club tonight on a very different topic, but afterwards fielded 
>>> questions about chokes from several engineers who had worked in 
>>> manufacturing. When I described my work described in an earlier post 
>>> about dealing with component tolerances, they nodded their heads in 
>>> agreement.
>>> 
>>> My first gig after college was at Motorola, which is where I first 
>>> learned that a circuit design has to work with every part that gets 
>>> plugged in to the circuit board, which means that the design has to work 
>>> with components with tolerances that you can and did buy.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I haven't checked the catalogs, but I'll bet that the tolerances for 
>> parts intended for general purpose choking and transformers are wider 
>> than those intended for building inductors.  If a transformer core has a 
>> higher mu than expected, it still works just fine as a transformer, 
>> barring issues with loss and/or self resonance.  Likewise, for something 
>> being used as a lossy choke (as opposed to a resonant choke) you just 
>> care that the loss is high enough - if it's twice as high as you 
>> expected that's all the better.
>> 
>> On the other hand, if you're buying inductors for filters or for 
>> switching power supplies, the core material has to be pretty consistent.
>> 
>> Since there *is* some crossover among applications for cores, you could 
>> wind up using a poor tolerance core and having it work in a high 
>> tolerance application, as a prototype.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 10:18:23 -0700
>> From: "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net>
>> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>> Message-ID: <55DEC5CD8B0146FCA2EBBE3276D17FC0@DESKTOPSV54DBH>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="utf-8"
>> 
>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:25:19 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: Roger Parsons <ve3zi@yahoo.com>
>> To: "Tower and HF Antenna Construction Topics."
>> <towertalk@contesting.com>, "jim@audiosystemsgroup.com"
>> <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>> 
>> <Very funny.
>> <The posts from both N6RK and AB7E support my statement that variability in 
>> ferrite parameters has been known for a very long time. You're the one who 
>> asserted that it has just been discovered and that therefore Steve G3TXQ 
>> could not have known about it.
>> 
>> <73 RogerVE3ZI
>> 
>> ##  I  believe it  was  N3RR  that  bought  700,   (seven  hundred)   type  
>> 31  cores  from  one  supplier,  all  from  the  same  lot number..2 years  
>> ago.  He  used  a  simple  1 turn  link to test them..and then  graded them. 
>>  They were all  over the  map,  + and ? 22%.   Thats a whopping  44%   
>> spread.  No  2 ferrites  the  same!     ALL  made  in China......so what do  
>> you expect ?  So  much  for  fairite moving  their  factory  to  China.   QC 
>>  down  the  tubes  ever  since.    
>> 
>> Jim   VE7RF
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 10:51:26 -0700
>> From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>> Message-ID: <9213c7ec-2021-0f3e-6424-f68844ac6650@earthlink.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>> 
>> On 11/2/19 10:18 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
>>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:25:19 +0000 (UTC)
>>> From: Roger Parsons <ve3zi@yahoo.com>
>>> To: "Tower and HF Antenna Construction Topics."
>>> <towertalk@contesting.com>, "jim@audiosystemsgroup.com"
>>> <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>>> 
>>> <Very funny.
>>> <The posts from both N6RK and AB7E support my statement that variability in 
>>> ferrite parameters has been known for a very long time. You're the one who 
>>> asserted that it has just been discovered and that therefore Steve G3TXQ 
>>> could not have known about it.
>>> 
>>> <73 RogerVE3ZI
>>> 
>>> ##  I  believe it  was  N3RR  that  bought  700,   (seven  hundred)   type  
>>> 31  cores  from  one  supplier,  all  from  the  same  lot number..2 years  
>>> ago.  He  used  a  simple  1 turn  link to test them..and then  graded 
>>> them.  They were all  over the  map,  + and ? 22%.   Thats a whopping  44%  
>>>  spread.  No  2 ferrites  the  same!     ALL  made  in China......so what 
>>> do  you expect ?  So  much  for  fairite moving  their  factory  to  China. 
>>>   QC  down  the  tubes  ever  since.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> +/- 20% is a reasonable tolerance for this kind of component -
>> 
>> from Dexter Epcos:
>> "Even with the best grinding methods known today, a certain degree of 
>> roughness on ground surfaces cannot be avoided, so that the usual term 
>> ?without air gap? or ?ungapped? does not imply no air gap at all. The AL 
>> values quoted allow for a certain amount of roughness of the ground 
>> faces. The tolerance of the AL value for ungapped cores is ?20 to +30% 
>> or ?30 to +40%. Closer tolerances are not available for several reasons. 
>> The spread in the AL values of ungapped cores practically equal the 
>> spread in ring core permeability (?20% ? ?30%), and the AL value largely 
>> depends on the grinding quality of the matching surfaces."
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.ferroxcube.com/en-global/download/download/11
>> 
>> the "filter" materials (material 3C11, page 77) show mu has a +/- 20% 
>> tolerance (yeah, it's for a lower frequency, but I didn't want to go 
>> hunting for one for HF...)
>> 
>> There's also a strong temperature dependence on some of these 
>> materials.. mu might go from 1500 at 0C to 2000 at 50C.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 11:21:42 -0700
>> From: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>> Message-ID: <9b9950d8-42e6-8e8a-4674-8aac1a97cb59@cis-broadband.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>> 
>> 
>> I find that kind of China bashing pretty funny.? Ridiculous as a 
>> generalization.
>> 
>> I worked for a large semiconductor manufacturer for over thirty years 
>> and we ended up putting a joint venture manufacturing operation in China 
>> ... not simply for low cost, but also to be able to serve the Asian 
>> market better and to be able to head off future tariff concerns within 
>> China.? We spec'd our own equipment, we trained all the operators, and 
>> we put our own managers in key positions.? Most of those positions are 
>> now staffed by locals.? The resulting quality was literally 
>> best-in-class on a world basis. MANY other U.S., European, and even 
>> Japanese companies have done exactly the same, and nothing says that 
>> Fair-Rite hasn't as well.
>> 
>> It is certainly true that many of the smaller locally owned companies in 
>> China have sloppy process and quality control, but companies like the 
>> large subcontract outfits in China put equivalent U.S. manufacturing to 
>> shame for overall manufacturing excellence.
>> 
>> In the case of ferrites, the problem is the inherent variability of the 
>> process itself and the problem previously existed wherever the ferrites 
>> were previously manufactured ... including here in the U.S.? Why you 
>> think the variability was less before the manufacturing went to China is 
>> beyond me.? Several of us here have already explained that it wasn't.
>> 
>> Dave?? AB7E
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/2/2019 10:18 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
>>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:25:19 +0000 (UTC)
>>> From: Roger Parsons <ve3zi@yahoo.com>
>>> To: "Tower and HF Antenna Construction Topics."
>>> <towertalk@contesting.com>, "jim@audiosystemsgroup.com"
>>> <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>>> 
>>> <Very funny.
>>> <The posts from both N6RK and AB7E support my statement that variability in 
>>> ferrite parameters has been known for a very long time. You're the one who 
>>> asserted that it has just been discovered and that therefore Steve G3TXQ 
>>> could not have known about it.
>>> 
>>> <73 RogerVE3ZI
>>> 
>>> ##  I  believe it  was  N3RR  that  bought  700,   (seven  hundred)   type  
>>> 31  cores  from  one  supplier,  all  from  the  same  lot number..2 years  
>>> ago.  He  used  a  simple  1 turn  link to test them..and then  graded 
>>> them.  They were all  over the  map,  + and ? 22%.   Thats a whopping  44%  
>>>  spread.  No  2 ferrites  the  same!     ALL  made  in China......so what 
>>> do  you expect ?  So  much  for  fairite moving  their  factory  to  China. 
>>>   QC  down  the  tubes  ever  since.
>>> 
>>> Jim   VE7RF
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:48:13 -0700
>> From: Jack Brindle <jackbrindle@me.com>
>> To: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
>> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>> Message-ID: <A87D4CF5-535F-4325-A270-ECD678646771@me.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=utf-8
>> 
>> Sadly, there is much evidence. Fair-rite quality really took a hit after 
>> they moved production to Asia. So much so that many companies have had to 
>> institute new QA procedures on incoming product to see if the 
>> characteristics come close to fitting the requirements. One of the biggest 
>> ones is large 60Hz transformer toroids that were failing in normal service 
>> because of the manufacturing issues. The company does still have some 
>> non-Asia manufacturing capability, and many companies are specifying product 
>> only from those sites.
>> 
>> So yes, the toroids do have issues that are very problematic.
>> 
>> Jack, W6FB
>> 
>>> On Nov 2, 2019, at 11:21 AM, David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I find that kind of China bashing pretty funny.  Ridiculous as a 
>>> generalization.
>>> 
>>> I worked for a large semiconductor manufacturer for over thirty years and 
>>> we ended up putting a joint venture manufacturing operation in China ... 
>>> not simply for low cost, but also to be able to serve the Asian market 
>>> better and to be able to head off future tariff concerns within China.  We 
>>> spec'd our own equipment, we trained all the operators, and we put our own 
>>> managers in key positions.  Most of those positions are now staffed by 
>>> locals.  The resulting quality was literally best-in-class on a world 
>>> basis. MANY other U.S., European, and even Japanese companies have done 
>>> exactly the same, and nothing says that Fair-Rite hasn't as well.
>>> 
>>> It is certainly true that many of the smaller locally owned companies in 
>>> China have sloppy process and quality control, but companies like the large 
>>> subcontract outfits in China put equivalent U.S. manufacturing to shame for 
>>> overall manufacturing excellence.
>>> 
>>> In the case of ferrites, the problem is the inherent variability of the 
>>> process itself and the problem previously existed wherever the ferrites 
>>> were previously manufactured ... including here in the U.S.  Why you think 
>>> the variability was less before the manufacturing went to China is beyond 
>>> me.  Several of us here have already explained that it wasn't.
>>> 
>>> Dave   AB7E
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 11/2/2019 10:18 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
>>>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:25:19 +0000 (UTC)
>>>> From: Roger Parsons <ve3zi@yahoo.com>
>>>> To: "Tower and HF Antenna Construction Topics."
>>>> <towertalk@contesting.com>, "jim@audiosystemsgroup.com"
>>>> <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>>>> 
>>>> <Very funny.
>>>> <The posts from both N6RK and AB7E support my statement that variability 
>>>> in ferrite parameters has been known for a very long time. You're the one 
>>>> who asserted that it has just been discovered and that therefore Steve 
>>>> G3TXQ could not have known about it.
>>>> 
>>>> <73 RogerVE3ZI
>>>> 
>>>> ##  I  believe it  was  N3RR  that  bought  700,   (seven  hundred)   type 
>>>>  31  cores  from  one  supplier,  all  from  the  same  lot number..2 
>>>> years  ago.  He  used  a  simple  1 turn  link to test them..and then  
>>>> graded them.  They were all  over the  map,  + and ? 22%.   Thats a 
>>>> whopping  44%   spread.  No  2 ferrites  the  same!     ALL  made  in 
>>>> China......so what do  you expect ?  So  much  for  fairite moving  their  
>>>> factory  to  China.   QC  down  the  tubes  ever  since.
>>>> 
>>>> Jim   VE7RF
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> TowerTalk mailing list
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>>>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 16:14:24 -0700
>> From: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>> Message-ID: <9f5664d9-22ab-3249-18a9-2632e1827b2c@cis-broadband.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Well, if that's the case it means that Fair-Rite did a poor job of 
>> transferring the manufacturing, and yes ... I've seen a bunch of other 
>> companies do the same crappy job of it especially when all they were 
>> looking for was quick cost reduction.? Those companies who made a 
>> commitment to do it right have found a large pool of highly 
>> conscientious technical labor in China just like we did.? Those who 
>> merely tried to port their processes over to some existing facility 
>> usually failed.
>> 
>> My gripe is that simply bashing anything made in China is decades out of 
>> date and a bad generalization.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Dave?? AB7E
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/2/2019 1:48 PM, Jack Brindle via TowerTalk wrote:
>>> Sadly, there is much evidence. Fair-rite quality really took a hit after 
>>> they moved production to Asia. So much so that many companies have had to 
>>> institute new QA procedures on incoming product to see if the 
>>> characteristics come close to fitting the requirements. One of the biggest 
>>> ones is large 60Hz transformer toroids that were failing in normal service 
>>> because of the manufacturing issues. The company does still have some 
>>> non-Asia manufacturing capability, and many companies are specifying 
>>> product only from those sites.
>>> 
>>> So yes, the toroids do have issues that are very problematic.
>>> 
>>> Jack, W6FB
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 2, 2019, at 11:21 AM, David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I find that kind of China bashing pretty funny.  Ridiculous as a 
>>>> generalization.
>>>> 
>>>> I worked for a large semiconductor manufacturer for over thirty years and 
>>>> we ended up putting a joint venture manufacturing operation in China ... 
>>>> not simply for low cost, but also to be able to serve the Asian market 
>>>> better and to be able to head off future tariff concerns within China.  We 
>>>> spec'd our own equipment, we trained all the operators, and we put our own 
>>>> managers in key positions.  Most of those positions are now staffed by 
>>>> locals.  The resulting quality was literally best-in-class on a world 
>>>> basis. MANY other U.S., European, and even Japanese companies have done 
>>>> exactly the same, and nothing says that Fair-Rite hasn't as well.
>>>> 
>>>> It is certainly true that many of the smaller locally owned companies in 
>>>> China have sloppy process and quality control, but companies like the 
>>>> large subcontract outfits in China put equivalent U.S. manufacturing to 
>>>> shame for overall manufacturing excellence.
>>>> 
>>>> In the case of ferrites, the problem is the inherent variability of the 
>>>> process itself and the problem previously existed wherever the ferrites 
>>>> were previously manufactured ... including here in the U.S.  Why you think 
>>>> the variability was less before the manufacturing went to China is beyond 
>>>> me.  Several of us here have already explained that it wasn't.
>>>> 
>>>> Dave   AB7E
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 11/2/2019 10:18 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
>>>>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:25:19 +0000 (UTC)
>>>>> From: Roger Parsons <ve3zi@yahoo.com>
>>>>> To: "Tower and HF Antenna Construction Topics."
>>>>> <towertalk@contesting.com>, "jim@audiosystemsgroup.com"
>>>>> <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>>>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>>>>> 
>>>>> <Very funny.
>>>>> <The posts from both N6RK and AB7E support my statement that variability 
>>>>> in ferrite parameters has been known for a very long time. You're the one 
>>>>> who asserted that it has just been discovered and that therefore Steve 
>>>>> G3TXQ could not have known about it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> <73 RogerVE3ZI
>>>>> 
>>>>> ##  I  believe it  was  N3RR  that  bought  700,   (seven  hundred)   
>>>>> type  31  cores  from  one  supplier,  all  from  the  same  lot 
>>>>> number..2 years  ago.  He  used  a  simple  1 turn  link to test 
>>>>> them..and then  graded them.  They were all  over the  map,  + and ? 22%. 
>>>>>   Thats a whopping  44%   spread.  No  2 ferrites  the  same!     ALL  
>>>>> made  in China......so what do  you expect ?  So  much  for  fairite 
>>>>> moving  their  factory  to  China.   QC  down  the  tubes  ever  since.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jim   VE7RF
>>>>> 
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> TowerTalk mailing list
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>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 16:42:28 -0700
>> From: Don <w7wll@arrl.net>
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>> Message-ID: <d53e8d18-e7dc-423f-a307-ea892bb6da41@arrl.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>> 
>> Dave is spot on.
>> 
>> In a couple of cases I'm familiar with, China not only delivered goods 
>> with quality equal to or better than US manufactured items but with 
>> their technical capability and desire to excel, were able to offer 
>> suggestions that improved the product AND lowered the manufacturing 
>> cost. China is not the only example. A significant number of other 
>> countries are just as capable as the US to produce high quality goods. 
>> Just look at some of the amateur radio 'stuff' available on the market.
>> 
>> We aren't the only ducks in the pond anymore, and don't blame politics.
>> 
>> Don W7WLL
>> 
>> On 11/2/2019 4:14 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Well, if that's the case it means that Fair-Rite did a poor job of 
>>> transferring the manufacturing, and yes ... I've seen a bunch of other 
>>> companies do the same crappy job of it especially when all they were 
>>> looking for was quick cost reduction.? Those companies who made a 
>>> commitment to do it right have found a large pool of highly 
>>> conscientious technical labor in China just like we did. Those who 
>>> merely tried to port their processes over to some existing facility 
>>> usually failed.
>>> 
>>> My gripe is that simply bashing anything made in China is decades out 
>>> of date and a bad generalization.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Dave?? AB7E
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 11/2/2019 1:48 PM, Jack Brindle via TowerTalk wrote:
>>>> Sadly, there is much evidence. Fair-rite quality really took a hit 
>>>> after they moved production to Asia. So much so that many companies 
>>>> have had to institute new QA procedures on incoming product to see if 
>>>> the characteristics come close to fitting the requirements. One of 
>>>> the biggest ones is large 60Hz transformer toroids that were failing 
>>>> in normal service because of the manufacturing issues. The company 
>>>> does still have some non-Asia manufacturing capability, and many 
>>>> companies are specifying product only from those sites.
>>>> 
>>>> So yes, the toroids do have issues that are very problematic.
>>>> 
>>>> Jack, W6FB
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 2, 2019, at 11:21 AM, David Gilbert 
>>>>> <xdavid@cis-broadband.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I find that kind of China bashing pretty funny.? Ridiculous as a 
>>>>> generalization.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I worked for a large semiconductor manufacturer for over thirty 
>>>>> years and we ended up putting a joint venture manufacturing 
>>>>> operation in China ... not simply for low cost, but also to be able 
>>>>> to serve the Asian market better and to be able to head off future 
>>>>> tariff concerns within China.? We spec'd our own equipment, we 
>>>>> trained all the operators, and we put our own managers in key 
>>>>> positions.? Most of those positions are now staffed by locals.? The 
>>>>> resulting quality was literally best-in-class on a world basis. MANY 
>>>>> other U.S., European, and even Japanese companies have done exactly 
>>>>> the same, and nothing says that Fair-Rite hasn't as well.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It is certainly true that many of the smaller locally owned 
>>>>> companies in China have sloppy process and quality control, but 
>>>>> companies like the large subcontract outfits in China put equivalent 
>>>>> U.S. manufacturing to shame for overall manufacturing excellence.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the case of ferrites, the problem is the inherent variability of 
>>>>> the process itself and the problem previously existed wherever the 
>>>>> ferrites were previously manufactured ... including here in the 
>>>>> U.S.? Why you think the variability was less before the 
>>>>> manufacturing went to China is beyond me. Several of us here have 
>>>>> already explained that it wasn't.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dave?? AB7E
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 11/2/2019 10:18 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
>>>>>> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:25:19 +0000 (UTC)
>>>>>> From: Roger Parsons <ve3zi@yahoo.com>
>>>>>> To: "Tower and HF Antenna Construction Topics."
>>>>>> <towertalk@contesting.com>, "jim@audiosystemsgroup.com"
>>>>>> <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
>>>>>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ferrites 31 vs. 77 material
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <Very funny.
>>>>>> <The posts from both N6RK and AB7E support my statement that 
>>>>>> variability in ferrite parameters has been known for a very long 
>>>>>> time. You're the one who asserted that it has just been discovered 
>>>>>> and that therefore Steve G3TXQ could not have known about it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <73 RogerVE3ZI
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ##? I? believe it? was? N3RR? that? bought? 700,?? (seven 
>>>>>> hundred)?? type? 31? cores? from? one? supplier,? all? from the? 
>>>>>> same? lot number..2 years? ago.? He? used? a? simple? 1 turn? link 
>>>>>> to test them..and then? graded them.? They were all? over the? 
>>>>>> map,? + and ? 22%.?? Thats a whopping? 44% spread.? No? 2 ferrites? 
>>>>>> the? same!???? ALL? made? in China......so what do? you expect ?? 
>>>>>> So? much? for? fairite moving? their? factory? to? China.?? QC? 
>>>>>> down? the? tubes ever? since.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jim?? VE7RF
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> TowerTalk mailing list
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>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>>> 
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