[hpsdr] Boards: FREE

[Henry Vredegoor]

Hello Henk, All,

Did you also consider in your calculation the extra costs to get the boards
to Europe, additional to the expected TAPR price?

- Higher shipping/insurance costs to Europe
- The 4% import tax (tariff in the Netherlands)
- The 19% VAT (tariff in the Netherlands)
- Customs handling and administration fee 

This will add about a 25% cost increase to the expected TAPR price, US$ 463
in the USA, in Europe probably for the most of us abt. US$ 580

This could make the difference.

I will go for the bare boards option if it were to be included in the
offering and take my chances on a good deal on parts here and
there.(Groupbuy?, Ebay?)

Or else I'll have to wait until the board gerbers are released and a board
set becomes available from an alternate source.....

I'm not afraid of building an SMT board and winding my own toroids anymore
(provided a good set of instructions) after doing a few small SMT/toroid
projects..... ;-)  


73's,

Henry.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org 
> [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Henk 
> Remijn PA5KT
> Sent: vrijdag 2 oktober 2009 9:19
> To: Roger Hayter
> Cc: hpsdr at openhpsdr.org
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Boards: FREE
> 
> 
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> Roger Hayter schreef:
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> > In message <4AC48510.7090507 at weaksignals.com>, Alberto I2PHD 
> > <i2phd at weaksignals.com> writes
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> >> Karl Heller wrote:
> >>  but is it too much to ask that Alex be kitted as 
> originally determined?
> >> Even the bare PCB could be a good solution... From a 
> building point of
> >> view it doesn't present the problems
> >> the other boards have, with their FPGAs, etc.... and it 
> should not be 
> >> too
> >> difficult to find the component locally...
> >>
> >> In this way even the kitting time and complexity would be 
> avoided... 
> >> just
> >> sell the bare PCB, this should not
> >> take much time or labor... then maybe in a second time prepare the
> >> assembled boards for those who cannot
> >> or  don't want to build them themselves. But at least you 
> will have 
> >> satisfied
> >> a substantial (my estimate) portion
> >> of those interested in Alex.
> >> 73  Alberto  I2PHD
> >>
> >
> > Seconded:  indeed, that is the only way I will be able to 
> afford Alex!
> I did a quick check of the price of the parts when I would order the 
> parts individually.
> 
> Price is about the same of the expected TAPR price.
> Advantage is in the Mouser parts, as they ship for free.
> 
> If the parts which should come from Digikey where also supplied from 
> Mouser, costs can be a bit lower.
> (Digikey has minimum quantity and very high shipping costs).
> 
> Not worth the effort.
> 
> However I would really like to have the Alex and I am willing 
> to pay a 
> bit extra. A kit without Toroids would be fine.
> 
> 73 Henk PA5KT
> 
> -- 
> Henk Remijn PA5KT
> email: pa5kt at remijn.net
> www: www.remijn.net
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