[time-nuts] Thunderbolt On Hold

Brooke Clarke brooke at pacific.net
Sun Mar 4 03:42:26 UTC 2007


Hi Jason:

I feel the same way.

Brooke Clarke

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Jason Rabel wrote:

>TVB bought one of the units off eBay and was going to report in once he got
>a chance to test it out.
>
>I think we have decided to put the purchase 'on-hold' until the seller
>decides to drop the price significantly.
>
>The biggest issue seems to be the missing DC-DC converter board, which
>provides a lot of line filtering and power stability for the rest of the
>unit. Without it the asking price is too high considering we are the main
>market demand, the unknown condition of the units, and most people seem to
>just want one to 'tinker' with.
>
>I just looked on eBay, and the seller has 20 units with zero purchases. He
>is including a DC-DC unit, but it appears to be for powering more than just
>the thunderbolt as the amp ratings are very high and the box is like twice
>the size of the thunderbolt (not exactly compact).
>
>If I'm stepping out of line, please someone speak up and feel free to smack
>me upside the head.
>
>Jason
>
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>>Is the group purchase of the thunderbolt GPSDO still in the works?
>>
>>WA4DFS  Ed
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