[time-nuts] AD9850 boards

[SAIDJACK at aol.com]

All the chip vendors sell parts in China in quantity for about 30% to 50%  
less than quantity pricing in the US.
 
When asking distributors in China how this is possible they say "we Chinese 
 expect this pricing, otherwise we wouldn't use these parts"
 
This is why it's so hard to compete with products from China...
 
That's also why new DVD players (with red laser diodes etc etc inside) can  
be sold for $29 retail profitably.
 
bye,
Said
 
 
In a message dated 2/29/2012 13:45:10 Pacific Standard Time,  
djl at montana.com writes:

Dunno if  you have seen this on ebay:
260967834514
It's an AD9850 with a 125 MHz  crystal mounted up on a .1 spacing board
with pins, for about $8 free  shipping from the Old Country. I bought 4
of 'em for the in case box (in  case I need one). I have some OCXO's in
the 100 MHz neighborhood that will  do just fine and the hard work is
done...
BTW, that price is about $4  less than AD's price per chip on a 5k reel.
Dunno how they do  it...
Best, Don