Sam,
OK, and thanks for the clarification.
I was notified last week that they would no longer sell me kits for
resale as assembled units (ergo - I am out of business building DEMI
kits). Apparently that was a condition of the subcontract made with
whomever is now building VHF/UHF transverters (it does not
necessarily mean the subcontractor is making ALL DEMI transverters -
guessing its just 50-MHz thru 432-MHz). I discussed buying out the
VHF/UHF DEMI transverter line from DEMI about a year ago when they
were wanting to shed the work load to be able to focus more on the mw
end of the business. I decided the financial cost/risk was too high
for me plus work load more than I wanted (one person).
Since DEMI has not made a public announcement, I was in a predicament
what words to use (if any). Apparently they have no problem with you
making this public.
On my website I removed all my text pertaining to building DEMI kits
and replaced it with a vague statement about "a change of business at
Down East Microwave". Your clarification answers a question that I
had so DEMI will continue to handle all sales, just not fabrication
of transverters (VHF/UHF). I will suppose DEMI will continue to
build in-house the mw line (>902 MHz). My reply to Steve's e-mail
has not been returned.
I have long supported and promoted DEMI products (long before I began
selling assembled kits). And I will maintain a link to their website
for those that may seek me to build a kit.
Steve and Sandra were very kind to permit me to run my "little" kit
building "business". In fact I feel my efforts helped them maintain
a customer base that might have gone to competition (they still sold
the kits thru me). I sold at the same price so I would not be
"competing" on price...only reason I got customers was delivery
speed. It was fun and gave me a little pin money for ham radio. Now
it is over. I have moved onto other products.
Thought this was better said direct than on the Elecraft reflector.
73, Ed - KL7UW
BTW do you know the disposition of the DEMI Flex amplifiers? The
catalog no longer shows them. I had an inquiry for one from a Flex6700 owner.
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:48:49 -0500
From: "Sam Carson" <samcar...@attglobal.net>
To: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Best Place to Sell Equipment?
Message-ID: <56EF4516B7F442BEA6ECC1AAD236E6D2@SamPC>
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I wish to correct something published under this topic.
Per the owners of DEMI (personal friends of mine): They have NOT sold
their transverter business. They have only outsourced the assembly of
their VHF transverters to alleviate the large backlog for assembled
transverters. They remain fully in control of their transverter business.
73,
Sam Carson
K4SOC
K4SOC (at) ARRL (dot) net
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
"Kits made by KL7UW"
Dubus Mag business:
dubus...@gmail.com
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