[ARC5] How Did This Happen?

[Joel R Roberts]

The ones that have sold, or are ready for payment have been from members 
of our group who read my post before I listed them on Ebay. Thank you 
for the advice though. Maybe if I relist them, I will do it that way. I 
didn't realize how labor intensive the re-potting was, until I did my 
first set for my own receivers. It is definitely a "labor of love" to 
take on as a large scale. I had done most of my rigs the easy way, by 
hanging the new caps off solder lugs, but after a few, I realized that 
they look so much better with the pots in place, than with new caps all 
over the place. I did solve my own riddle of the electrolytics, and they 
are now getting put back into pots as well. I occasionally tend to over 
do it on voltage limits, especially after having a large electrolytic 
blow up in my face when I was in High School Electronics class. They 
sure make a loud bang, a lot of smoke, and an odor you will never forget 
once experienced. 73's,,,,,,,,,,,Joel   KB0FPT
On 10/24/2014 9:11 AM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> Joel,
>
> I didn't look at your ad, but if you ran them once and as an auction, 
> probably no one who saw it was currently working on or about to work 
> on a receiver who was willing to pay for something to keep from having 
> to do it themselves.  Always remember that as a class, hams are 2nd or 
> 3rd on the cheapness scale.  Also, some people will buy things to use 
> if they ever get a round tuit but most won't until all of a sudden 
> they need it.  From long experience with selling NOS, repro and 
> reworked parts for military radios, I would recommend that you list 
> them fixed price and either 30 days or Good Til Cancelled.  And run 
> them for 6 or 8 months before you give up.  But, don't list more than 
> you actually have on hand ready to ship.  And if you sell some through 
> other channels, immediately edit the ad and decrement the available 
> quantity. Except in a few unrelated categories, you can't get away 
> with selling something subject to shipping when you get around to 
> making one (set or whatever).
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
>
> In a message dated 10/24/2014 02:03:25 AM Central Daylight Time, 
> joelroberts001 at comcast.net writes:
>> I haven't had any bid on my re-potted caps set, which was disappointing.
>> I have had goo success with the ones I have made for personal use, and I
>> have figured out the re-potting for the electrolitics. If anyone wants
>> the story let me know. With the re-potted caps, the inside sure does
>> look better than having the others hanging off of terminal strips and
>> solder tabs. I will still supply them to the group for a bargain price,
>> with a bit added for the parts and the labor involved. Always ready for
>> challenges........73's,,,Joel   KB0FPT
>
>



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