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Mark Sims

Thu, Dec 7, 2017 5:06 AM

The X72 rubidium oscillator interface board sets have (finally) been shipped to everybody that paid for them. I had hoped to get them out a couple of weeks ago, but ran into a couple of annoying snags...

First, the assembly house built a couple of test articles that were great and were approved for production. Over a week later they came back and said "They're ready... except we can't do the through hole parts. Our through-hole machine is broken and we aren't going to fix it" (turns out they sold the company assets to another company and were letting them deal with it). I wound up hand soldering them... lotsa fun there.

Next, it turned out the the MAX232A RS-232 chips I got in were wonky / fake / haunted. Luckily they are socketed. I bought out the local supply of good / genuine ones. Ahh, such fun. If anybody needs 50 sketchy MAX232A's... I can hook you up.

The X72 rubidium oscillator interface board sets have (finally) been shipped to everybody that paid for them. I had hoped to get them out a couple of weeks ago, but ran into a couple of annoying snags... First, the assembly house built a couple of test articles that were great and were approved for production. Over a week later they came back and said "They're ready... except we can't do the through hole parts. Our through-hole machine is broken and we aren't going to fix it" (turns out they sold the company assets to another company and were letting them deal with it). I wound up hand soldering them... lotsa fun there. Next, it turned out the the MAX232A RS-232 chips I got in were wonky / fake / haunted. Luckily they are socketed. I bought out the local supply of good / genuine ones. Ahh, such fun. If anybody needs 50 sketchy MAX232A's... I can hook you up.

JH

Jerry Hancock

Thu, Dec 7, 2017 5:11 AM

What do I owe you?

On Dec 6, 2017, at 9:06 PM, Mark Sims holrum@hotmail.com wrote:

The X72 rubidium oscillator interface board sets have (finally) been shipped to everybody that paid for them. I had hoped to get them out a couple of weeks ago, but ran into a couple of annoying snags...

First, the assembly house built a couple of test articles that were great and were approved for production. Over a week later they came back and said "They're ready... except we can't do the through hole parts. Our through-hole machine is broken and we aren't going to fix it" (turns out they sold the company assets to another company and were letting them deal with it). I wound up hand soldering them... lotsa fun there.

Next, it turned out the the MAX232A RS-232 chips I got in were wonky / fake / haunted. Luckily they are socketed. I bought out the local supply of good / genuine ones. Ahh, such fun. If anybody needs 50 sketchy MAX232A's... I can hook you up.

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What do I owe you? > On Dec 6, 2017, at 9:06 PM, Mark Sims <holrum@hotmail.com> wrote: > > The X72 rubidium oscillator interface board sets have (finally) been shipped to everybody that paid for them. I had hoped to get them out a couple of weeks ago, but ran into a couple of annoying snags... > > First, the assembly house built a couple of test articles that were great and were approved for production. Over a week later they came back and said "They're ready... except we can't do the through hole parts. Our through-hole machine is broken and we aren't going to fix it" (turns out they sold the company assets to another company and were letting them deal with it). I wound up hand soldering them... lotsa fun there. > > Next, it turned out the the MAX232A RS-232 chips I got in were wonky / fake / haunted. Luckily they are socketed. I bought out the local supply of good / genuine ones. Ahh, such fun. If anybody needs 50 sketchy MAX232A's... I can hook you up. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.

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Stephan Flor

Fri, Dec 8, 2017 1:18 AM

Mark,Got mine today. Looks great. Will test it on the weekend. Thanks for the good work.Steve

On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 10:07 PM, Mark Sims <holrum@hotmail.com> wrote:

The X72 rubidium oscillator interface board sets have (finally) been shipped to everybody that paid for them. I had hoped to get them out a couple of weeks ago, but ran into a couple of annoying snags...

First, the assembly house built a couple of test articles that were great and were approved for production. Over a week later they came back and said "They're ready... except we can't do the through hole parts. Our through-hole machine is broken and we aren't going to fix it" (turns out they sold the company assets to another company and were letting them deal with it). I wound up hand soldering them... lotsa fun there.

Next, it turned out the the MAX232A RS-232 chips I got in were wonky / fake / haunted. Luckily they are socketed. I bought out the local supply of good / genuine ones. Ahh, such fun. If anybody needs 50 sketchy MAX232A's... I can hook you up.

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Mark,Got mine today. Looks great. Will test it on the weekend. Thanks for the good work.Steve On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 10:07 PM, Mark Sims <holrum@hotmail.com> wrote: The X72 rubidium oscillator interface board sets have (finally) been shipped to everybody that paid for them. I had hoped to get them out a couple of weeks ago, but ran into a couple of annoying snags... First, the assembly house built a couple of test articles that were great and were approved for production. Over a week later they came back and said "They're ready... except we can't do the through hole parts. Our through-hole machine is broken and we aren't going to fix it" (turns out they sold the company assets to another company and were letting them deal with it). I wound up hand soldering them... lotsa fun there. Next, it turned out the the MAX232A RS-232 chips I got in were wonky / fake / haunted. Luckily they are socketed. I bought out the local supply of good / genuine ones. Ahh, such fun. If anybody needs 50 sketchy MAX232A's... I can hook you up. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

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