[TowerTalk] DX Engineering Negatives

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

I had a similar problem with the DXE reversible Beverage box and could 
not get them to give me a schematic in order to aid in it's repair.  The 
design was not some kind of proprietary magic so I was forced to draw 
out the whole thing and found where a trace had been destroyed by ants 
(most likely attracted by the DC voltage inside) which was not easily 
visible.  I just don't know why they are that way so I started buying 
Reversible Beverage boxes from Gary until they bought him and increased 
the price of course. In a relatively small market for TopBand stuff I 
just can not understand why we can't all get along.  This predator 
marketeering is disturbing to say the least.

Herb, KV4FZ

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>   Good point Jim
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> But it dose not take a rocket scientist to know why .   I am  guilty  of reverse engineering an bought item
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> When I did  MM with 4 stations    .. it was buy one  and build 4  three fro use and one backup.
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> making circuit  boards,  fabricating  enclosures .. wow that's Ham radio I my book .
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> We know there have  been a few law suits  regarding that .... and that's with out schematics .
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>     My point was not the quality of there " specific " product  but them as a distributer of ham gear .
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> and my experiences with the co.
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> Wayne W3EA
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>>> I'm not as thrilled with DXE as those who have posted in this thread.
>>> I like to work on my own gear, and DXE makes that difficult by not
>>> providing a schematic for their products. About 8 years ago, I bought
>>> and installed two reversible Beverages using their hardware for the
>>> Beverages and for switching. A few years later, I had to troubleshoot
>>> an issue with that system, and the lack of schematics made it MUCH
>>> harder than it should have been. For that reason, I've been avoiding
>>> them.
>>>
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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