On 8/5/2014 12:58 PM, Tom W8JI wrote:
Every place I have worked since 1966 has used internal house numbers
for parts.
When a customer orders a replacement part from an equipment
manufacturer, there is nearly always a large markup on the part as
compared to the cost of buying the part from the manufacturer of the
part, or from the manufacturer's distributors, and includes the costs of
keeping those parts in stock and selling in single lots.
"House numbers" are also used by manufacturers for custom parts not in
their standard catalog, made custom for a specific user. Examples of
such parts are variable capacitors, mounting brackets, bandswitches,
pots and linear attenuators used in audio gear. Solid state devices may
be sorted for a narrower spec than the standard part and given a house
number.
That's very different from what Amidon and Palomar are doing.
73, Jim K9YC
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