[TowerTalk] What relay do Ameritron and Array Solutions useintheir coax switchs?

[Tom McAlee]

> I don't think $45 is the actual each price Jay sells them for.

Yes, it is.  I've bought several.  And, you can find them on his pricing / 
ordering page at $45 each in quantities of 1 to 9.

http://www.arraysolutions.com/pricelist.htm - search for the text "10kw rf 
relays"

73,
Tom, NI1N

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux at earthlink.net>
To: "jeremy-ca" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; "Tom McAlee" <tom at klient.com>; "W7CE" 
<w7ce at curtiss.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] What relay do Ameritron and Array Solutions 
useintheir coax switchs?


> Comments interspersed..
>
> At 06:27 PM 5/12/2007, jeremy-ca wrote:
>
>>$45 is obviously a rip off for that relay. Since Ameritron makes a big 
>>deal
>>about selling any individual part Id start there to get a more realistic
>>resale price.
>
> I don't think $45 is the actual each price Jay sells them
> for.  However, it could well be a realistic cost for him to put one
> relay in a box and ship it.  Might be that 3 relays would also cost
> $45.  The realities of "spare parts sales" has been beaten to death
> on the forum.  It's an expensive service to provide for the seller,
> although some mfrs do "subsidize" it (but eventually, you pay, in the
> form of original purchase price).  Also, many mfrs only sell
> replacement parts if you own the original product (especially those
> that are subsidizing the cost stocking, shipping, etc. onesie-twosie
> parts orders).