[DSP-10] EZKit-Lite

[Bob Larkin]

Hi Roger,

Thanks for giving it a run!  I think it is a mistake that they will catch,
probably on Monday. A week ago they had the price back to 89. Now they don't
list a price until you actually order it. The guy that has the final say on
pricing got to the "What don't you understand about 'no'!" phase. He does
not consider experimenters as part of his customer base, period. Students
are and they are continuing a student break (I think at $89). The
interesting part about the student deal is that you do NOT need to be a
registered student. It is the judgement of a person (not Mr. 'NO') if you
are a vaild student. I was told he/she might well approve a request from a
"student of life."  I was told to advise everyone to apply for a student
discount!  Several ADI people clearly are in disagreement about the pricing
issue and hunting for ways around the new policy!!

Good luck with getting the radio going. It would be fun to work you one of
these days.

73, Bob

At 09:49 PM 2/8/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Bob:
>
>I too was able to navigate through with the $89 and shipping you mentioned
>below.  I bailed before entering the credit card, but I'm sure it would fly.
>
>I had some additional suggestion info I posted around September, including
an AD
>office on the East Coast.....that might be an interesting one to ping
>currently.  I received the "well I didn't have any problems ordering mine"
email
>when posting to the thread, so I'm hesitant to post again.....I can dig it up
>for you if you'd like though.
>
>I have to decide whether or not I want another board (I'm thinking I will over
>the long run, so I'll probably order another one now).  Completion is going
very
>slowly with our hectic life.  The kids are still taking up a lot of time and we
>give them pretty high priority.  Work keeps "getting in the way" as well.  Need
>to figure out how to retire early....like when I'm 38!
>
>73.
>    Roger
>
>
>
>Bob Larkin wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I have been informed that it is quite likely that the EZKIT-Lite, used in
>> the DSP-10, will have a huge jump in price, from the $89 to something around
>> $250. I don't work for ADI, so this should be regarded as hearsay until it
>> happens.
>>
>> I wanted to pass along the information that within the last hour I placed an
>> order for a single board, Part Number ADDS-2181-EZLITE, at $89 plus $11.99
>> for ground shipment. I did this by going to the ADI "Buy Online" pages. I
>> assume that you can do this multiple ways in terms of navigating the URL's,
>> but what I did was to go to
>> http://products.analog.com/products/info.asp?product=21XX-EZLITE
>> and clicked on the little "Buy" on the left. I persistently indicated that I
>> wanted to buy the board and an order was entered. You will need to do the
>> standard "sign-in registration," as is usual for Web purchase.
>>
>> I have not checked for any alternate distributor sources.
>>
>> If you are going to order, I suggest that you do not delay!
>>
>> I think we will be needing to have a substitute for the EZKit, somehow. For
>> now, I wanted to pass this along for everyone to do as they choose. Maybe,
>> by some miracle, the price will stay at $89!
>>
>> Best wishes for happy transceivers!
>>
>> 73, Bob W7PUA
>>
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