It makes one wonder though if LDG isn't interested in making them if they
would sell the rights to someone else?  Very 73. 


 
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX
 

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The parts may not be, but the firmware probably is protected.  I ran 
into a similar situation years ago whan a e s quit making their talking 
frequency counter.  They sold it for over $200 as I recall.  I asked 
about licensing it and they wanted a fortune.  I tried to negotiate so 
much per unit sold and they weren't interested.  I was going to have 
them built in Mexico and figured they'd be happy for something since 
they had absolutely no interest in continuing the product, but they 
wanted several thousand.  Rule of thumb at that time was if a product 
like that sold for $200, actual parts cost including the board was ten 
percent, or $20.00.  This was back in the early 90s as I recall or 
perhaps earlier.
73
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr
open Node 3148
Las Vegas


On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, colin McDonald wrote:

> Welcome to the list Ian.
> W4RT is a small company, so he should be able to make arrangements to ship
> to australia from the US.
>
> speaking of the tw1/2 units, I wonder if anyone has had a techy type
really
> open that thing up and see what makes it work?
> it's possible that these units may be able to be reproduced by another
> company at some time in the future, or that someone, willing to put the
work
> into it, could reproduce it as needed.
> Being such a light small unit, I suspect the actual electronics are rather
> simple using chips and so on.
> I can't think they are proprietarial chips or parts either.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 8:24 PM
> Subject: Re: New list member intro and enquirey
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>
>> Hi Ian,
>> Check with www.w4rt.com in Huntsville, Alabama.
>>
>> They were selling both units for a while.
>>
>> These have been discontinued but they had a stock of them for a while.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Eric Clegg, KU3I
>> Braille Specialist
>> Sacramento, California
>>
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