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In Reply to: My experience with a DIY TVC is not relevant because it is just a prototype posted by gordan on March 18, 2007 at 15:47:55:
Hi Gordon,Thanks for the story. I have no reason to doubt any of it. I will remember that I heard it here first.
While there is merit to what you are explaining, I can tell you from my own experience that consistency in production is not always possible with the state of the art. When I worked in production for a an RF components company years ago, we would occasioally get orders for just 4 or 5 microwave amplifiers that were beyond the limits of possibility. We would try to fill the order anyway. It could take months, or even more than a year to get all 5 of them to work to specification. Usually, someone could get one of them to work and we would try to use that as a benchmark for the others. But this was wishful thinking because we were really maxed out with the technology that was available to us. When we did get them all to "work", you could not get repeatable performance from them on a day to day basis. They were expensive, unreliable, and inconsistent. They were also a lot of fun!
Projects like these help a company to understand what is possible for real production runs, and where to draw the line if they are to stand behind their product. They also help us to take everything else to the next level. This is more in the area of test and development compared to what you would expect from a regular production run of standard products.
Consistency, reliability, quality and value. That is something that we all take very seriously when we click the "add to cart" button.
So what am I trying to say? I don't think it's fair to compare an off the shelf product that is produced in large quantity by a company that stands behind it, with something that a hobbiest was able to make, and only make one of using rare or discontinued materials. I hope you can see the difference.
I also hope that your friend can share his ideas with the rest of the world, and push the quality level up a notch for TVCs. I really like mine, and when I hear a better one I will buy it in a heartbeat. (If I can afford it.)
Best,
QE
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Follow Ups
- Making one, maybe two. Making 1000? - Quiet Earth 10:15:33 03/19/07 (1)
- I fully agree - gordan 11:24:26 03/19/07 (0)
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