TVB bought one of the units off eBay and was going to report in once he got a chance to test it out.
I think we have decided to put the purchase 'on-hold' until the seller decides to drop the price significantly. The biggest issue seems to be the missing DC-DC converter board, which provides a lot of line filtering and power stability for the rest of the unit. Without it the asking price is too high considering we are the main market demand, the unknown condition of the units, and most people seem to just want one to 'tinker' with. I just looked on eBay, and the seller has 20 units with zero purchases. He is including a DC-DC unit, but it appears to be for powering more than just the thunderbolt as the amp ratings are very high and the box is like twice the size of the thunderbolt (not exactly compact). If I'm stepping out of line, please someone speak up and feel free to smack me upside the head. Jason > Is the group purchase of the thunderbolt GPSDO still in the works? > >WA4DFS Ed _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts