[RFI] New to the Group

[Ian White G3SEK]

Cortland Richmond wrote:
>I hope these cautions are NOT seen as "dragging a newcomer across the 
>coals." I certainly didn't have that in mind!
>
Neither did I, and I do hope Mac didn't see it that way.


It's simply that surplus ferrite is a nightmare for the buyer. In this 
particular case, the seller is making no representation about the type 
of beads; and the buyer can see that.

Sometimes you have to pay extra, just to be sure what it is you've 
bought. As in one of Terry Pratchett's books:

"Curry with meat: 10 pennies.
  Curry with NAMED meat: 20 pennies."

These days, I always buy NAMED ferrite.

-- 
73 from Ian G3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek