[R-390] 16 KHz filter oscillates

[Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com]

Tisha,

The contracts did not say you had to build any of the Receiver from 
scratch. You just had to produce an exact copy. If you could get "new" 
subassemblies from old stock that was OK. If complete old "new" receivers could have 
been located in the time frame, they would have been acceptable for the 
contract.

Lots of subassemblies from other production runs. But I expect the 
subassemblies were very good acceptable parts and not rejects.

Then again there is money in rework. If the contact is cost plus, I think I 
would need to rework every last bit of any found subassemblies. One can 
never be to conservative in a cost plus situation. Better to rebuilt up front 
than to risk the loss of income.

Some of these wild things we seen done with our tax dollars are real 
science projects. Someone with input into the contract process gets to ask for all 
kinds of line items that should have never been allowed.

Other times someone starts a contact with some wrong verbiage that just 
obstructs the procurement process to no end. Working the LPD 17 program we seen 
lots of requirements that were just off the wall. Three years into the LPD 
17 the three major contractors were still going back to the Government and 
asking for modifications. Folks, Please just let us do it this way and we 
save you all enough to cover your salary for another year. Think about what 
your asking for, Please. 

Roger </HTML>