I agree with you Alan, sometimes things are just darn expensive when you have to pay someone to do it. It is also good luck and feeling someone that I paid does the job correctly.
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> On Aug 21, 2015, at 8:09 PM, Alan R. Downing <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> 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
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>>>> ----- 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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