Matt Palmer wrote: > Such a number is really meaningless to an amateur and without > information on the method in which it was computed.
I suspect the sort of things being referencedplgu here are: - many pieces of modern electronics fail through old age in less hours than their MTBF (e.g. computer disk drives), which means they are only useful if you have many instances of the product and replace them before they reach old age; - MTBF doesn't account for things like lightning strikes and shorted antenna cables; - for a semi-kit, many failure modes will depend on the quality of the assembly process and anti-static measures; - failure rates are very temperature dependent and somewhat dependent on other environmental factors, like humidity. - -- David Woolley "we do not overly restrict the subject matter on the list, and we encourage postings on a wide range of amateur radio related topics" List Guidelines <http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
