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More options Nov 27, 10:08 am
On Nov 26, 5:54 am, wrote:

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If I were designing such a product, I'd do everything in my power to
avoid end user alignment with testgear, for one very simple reason: it
wipes out 99.9% of your potential customers, its business suicide.

Perhaps one could use resonators instead of LCs, if you dont like the
interstation garbage of agced reaction.

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More options Nov 27, 10:18 am
On Nov 27, 4:08 pm, NT wrote:

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Of course a valve radio is business suicide to begin with, performance
per dollar has come a long way since the valve era. Number of valve
radios currently on the market is zero, so no-one has managed to make
them compete with 30cent ICs and 2cent transistors.



I intend to set the expectation that you must have a bench with a
certain amount of basic test equipment and a proper soldering station
to do this. If you will or can not do this a different hobby is for
you.

Large numbers of Heathkits were built by people with NO skills, but
larger numbers got half finished and thrown in the dumpster or taken
to a shop and a large sum was paid to have them pro built to save
face. I knew a TV shop owner who had a policy: He'd fix ANY Heathkit
but he charged a one time fee equal to the kit price. Otherwise he
would not even look at them. Heathkits did a poor job of teaching
technicianship precisely because they were secretaryworthy.

Bauer built radio broadcasting gear the same way. A secretary could
build them and at NAB one year one did.

I am not looking at a BIG market.