The coronavirus is severely limiting what parts companies are getting out of China right now. Tom k2bew
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020, 15:47 Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/7/2020 11:15 AM, Alan wrote: > > Just as we were ready to go into production the part was discontinued. > > I had to scramble to figure out some other means to perform the function > > (which meant a PC board turn). > > Yes, and for Elecraft, that's a significant expense for a vintage > product. The better mfrs, like Elecraft, do their best to stockpile > parts as spares, but there's a limit to what you can do, and the sort of > curve balls you've described do get thrown. Our emerging worldwide > health crisis has the potential for damaging, even eliminating, a lot of > businesses both large and small. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
