[R-390] And another thing - $99 headphones? Not a scam.

[Dave Maples]

All: The best solution I ever found for that nasty wire was to peel off the
outer insulation of the conductor, wrap the copper leaves with a piece of
stripped 30 AWG wirewrap wire, and then solder the whole mess to the lug in
question.  I suppose you could put a crimp-on lug on it, but I never did.  I
agree that it's a pain in the neck, and really unnecessary any more.

Dave WB4FUR

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[mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Tom Norris
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:42 PM
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Subject: [R-390] And another thing - $99 headphones? Not a scam.


On the other hand, here is something that I *don't* see as a sham.

There is another fellow that routinely sells H-251A headsets for $99
He does it for collectors that don't have technical wherewithal to do
it for themselves or that have no one else to do it for them.  He
supplies a new H-251, replaces the connector with a switchcraft heavy
brass phone plug and provides a pair of extension cords so the user
can operate them with "normal" radios with 1/4 plugs or with older
mil radios that take U-77 plugs.

I hate tinsel wire. Years ago I made a few up with phone plugs and
sold to local folks and charged them a bit less than half that
without any extension cords.  They hated tinsel wire too.  Several
couldn't solder and one or two couldn't see how any longer - but they
could listen to their receivers with decent 'phones again.  At the
time they were cheap, new, and could be had by the case.

Think of the time put in the make the cables/cords. $25 per unit for
headphones, new plugs and cable, and the rest for labor. I would have
only a small amount of guilt charging that price.  For $99 I'd be
able to add a reasonable warranty of some sort as well 90 days, maybe?

I'm not going to start doing it, but when I first saw this I thought
it was a scam.  Then I spoke with him, saw what he was doing and why.

73

Tom N
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