[Elecraft] K3 New DSP board installed

[Don Wilhelm]

Guy,

In support of what you are communicating, I have been purchasing 
refurbished (and off-lease) IBM computers for some time now.  They are 
always quite reliable and last me longer than other new computers that I 
have purchased in the past.

The refurbished K3 DSP boards carry the full 1 year Elecraft warranty, 
so they are "good as new", and since most of the early life failures 
have already occurred, they can actually be "better than new".

73,
Don W3FPR

Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
> In the industry at large, refurbished boards tend to have a
> significantly lower failure rate than new boards.  The public's
> reticence to using reworked electronics that aren't straight from
> fabrication is based on an urban myth.  Refurbished electronic items
> are by and large a very good value.  Whatever it was that was going to
> go wrong has gone wrong and been fixed.
>
> That this strategy is not a risk is based on whether a company is
> reliable and responsive.  We wanna go with Elecraft, or Kenyaesicom on
> that?
>
> 73, Guy
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