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November 24th 05, 05:20 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors

On 23 Nov 2005 20:46:29 -0800, wrote:

The FT-101, Galaxy, Drake, and Swan are not $100 pieces of gear on
EBay, they are more like $300 to $400 pretty consistencly. I think a
fully loaded multiband fresh boatanchor should sell quite nicely for
$199.95 it if offers compareable features. That would imply a
wholesale price of about $100.00. That would imply that parts, labor,
and other indirect costs should be somewhere between $50 to $80. I
think I can get from Russia or China a single sweep tube plus a handful
of smaller tubes for about $30. The rest would have to be chassis,
discretes, power, labor, shipping, and customs.

Wouldn't the power supply for a 100-watt tube rig, alone, eat up much
of your cost?

I've built a number of solid state kits recently, and one advantage to
them is a simple 12-volt supply or wall wart is typically all you
need.

bob
k5qwg

Now, if I market direct through the net rather than through a retailer,
I think I could go self sustaining after a few build-sales cycles.

If the people on this topic would be willing to be a focus group for
the fresh boat-anchor of thier dreams, I would be quite grateful.

The Eternal Squire