Just for comparison purposes, I hired a friend to assemble and install my
SteppIr DB36. I paid for the crane when time came to install the assembled
antenna. My friend charged me $7,000 for the job. It took my friend about
4 8 hour days, to assemble the yagi, and perhaps 3 hours to install it on
my tower. I considered the price to be reasonable because I couldn't do the
job myself, and he had put the exact same model together several previous
times. When you can't perform tasks yourself, like installing large
antennas, and being that people have busy schedules and their own lifes to
live, we have to pay a premium for tasks.
Alan - N7MIT
Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 4:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Are there places around that will build stuff?
Brent,
you might explore other options. That sounds a bit high, considering
there are perhaps ten to fifteen dollars worth of parts involved and
a dozen solder points. i know we've all gotten stuck in a crack and
had to pay for our accessability, but if you have the time and the
money is important to you, perhaps you can do better.
i can see the whole job in my head and in my hands and it doesn't
seem too big a construction deal. That being said, the solder points
are too small for me to do, but I think it should be possible to
manage reasonably economically.
And again, just my opinion.
pat, K9JAUAt 04:44 PM 8/21/2015, you wrote:
>I agree. The guy I was thinking of having do it, if he responded after I
>sent the link to the headset I was thinking of using it with said he would
>do it for around $100. That seems reasonable considering that the closest
>product that isn't quite it was about $300, and having a big company go
>through the whole design, test, and certify drill would take the price
>extremely high, if it would even be worth it to just make 1.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 3:49 PM
>Subject: Re: Are there places around that will build stuff?
>
>
> > Guys, remember that if you find someone willing to assemble a kit for
you,
> > you can't expect them to perform the task without charge. I have run
into
> > some blind hams that figure that everyone should perform work for
gratis.
> > Everyone's time is valuable, not to mention in short supply, so they
can't
> > be expected to give their time away for nothing.
> >
> >
> > Alan - N7MIT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Alan R. Downing
> > Phoenix, AZ
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Brent Harding
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 1:10 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Are there places around that will build stuff?
> >
> > I will have to check in to that. I'm hoping that it will be less
expensive
> > than the Plantronics one that is unlikely to work anyways, unless I ever
> > end
> >
> > up in the kind of place that uses the connectors it has for their phone
> > equipment.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 7:29 AM
> > Subject: Re: Are there places around that will build stuff?
> >
> >
> >> Some companies that sell kits like Elecraft and k1el.com have lists of
> >> hams
> >> on their sites who, for a small fee, will put those kits together for
> >> you.
> >> Possibly, if you write to those hams themselves, they may be willing to
> >> help
> >> you. Anyway, it would be a good place to start. Good luck. Lou WA3MIX
> >> Lou Kolb
> >> Voice-over Artist:
> >> Radio/TV Ads, Video narrations
> >> Messages On-hold:
> >> www.loukolb.com
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Brent Harding" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 8:16 PM
> >> Subject: Are there places around that will build stuff?
> >>
> >>
> >>>I am an amateur radio operator, and I know there are a lot of things
out
> >>>=
> >>> there that one may need to build in order to get. Cables are often a =
> >>> good example, and they could be very difficult to do if you can't see.
=
> >>> Where might I find someone that can modify or build a headset mic
combo
> >>> =
> >>> that has the iPhone-style plug on one side and a regular headset plug
on
> >>> =
> >>> the other to have computer in one ear and the phone in the other and =
> >>> have the mic working to be able to use it for calls? During my
research,
> >>> =
> >>> I found that Plantronics makes something very similar, but the phone =
> >>> side only works with specific office phones and their odd connectors.
I
> >>> =
> >>> prefer the on the ear headsets like the cheaper computer headsets used
=
> >>> to be as opposed to full cans or buds that don't fit me well. As a =
> >>> result, I tried to use two pair once and busted at least one in half
by
> >>> =
> >>> pushing one side off my ear to put that side's earphone on my ear from
=
> >>> the other pair. Are there places out there that might be able to make
=
> >>> something up? I had gotten hold of this one guy on a site called =
> >>> Thumbtack that isn't designed for getting quotes for this, and he said
=
> >>> he could make a little cable to do that where I could plug any headset
=
> >>> mic in, but now that I told him which one I had in mind, he has seemed
=
> >>> not to respond any more.
> >>
> >
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