[Boatanchors] Peter Dahl transformers for Amateur Radio -MaybeLater....

[Grant Youngman]

> This is a sad development for amateurs who have used Peter 
> Dahl.  However there are alternatives who can fill the void.

I'm not sure it's so awfully bad unless you have to have whatever you have
to have tomorrow.  It sounds like some hams got impatient and behaved like
horse's patoots, and if I were Dahl and had a backload of profitable
commercial orders, I'd put the ham radio stuff on hold, too.  The ham radio
items probably get lost in roundoff error on the income statement in any
case.  We should probably hope that Dahl doesn't decide that ham radio
customers (a few obnoxious rude ones or otherwise) simply aren't worth the
trouble at all.

Grant/NQ5T

> 
> Hyberor Transformers and Gary/WZ1M can do anything you need 
> and both are much less than Dahl.  I have used Gary to do my 
> work and he provided turnaround that was satisfactory and 
> the work was quality.  The real good part is the cost was 
> less than Dahl.  He will take your transformer and rewind it 
> to the specifications.
> 
> If you are affected by the freeze, contact Gary.  I know he 
> posts on the AM Radio reflector and maybe here.
> 
> Jim/W5JO
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "rrkrr" <rrkrr at comcast.net>
> Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 11:25 AM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Peter Dahl transformers for Amateur 
> Radio - MaybeLater....
> 
> 
> > Just FYI,
> > Today I received a call from the Peter Dahl company 
> > telling me that they had to cancel my order for a 
> > replacement power transformer for a Collins 75A-1.  The 
> > reason given was that they had too many back orders from 
> > high volume customers and needed to support their regular 
> > customers through this rush.  The caller also mentioned 
> > that they had received several calls from irate and rude 
> > amateurs who had been waiting for a while, and this had 
> > led them to the conclusion that it was best to cancel all 
> > the amateur radio parts orders until they were through the 
> > rush.  He suggested I call back "in a couple of months".
> >
> > Bob K4ERR
> >
> >
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