Could you please put me on the list for one 73 Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Van Baak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 5:55 AM Subject: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Group Buy, part 1 > BACKGROUND: > > About a year ago, when surplus Thunderbolt GPS receivers > first appeared on eBay, several of us pursued the idea of > a time-nuts group buy. We kept it fairly quiet at the time > while we probed the source, verified actual performance, > and negotiated quantity & pricing. > > Recall that the first Thunderbolts on eBay fetched prices > on the order of $300 (I know, I bought the first one). > Later the price floated down to the $200 level. Even this > price seemed like a good deal for such a name-brand GPSDO. > These almost new unused Thunderbolts are quite nice; with > performance much better than shown on Trimble's web site. > > Last year about 50 of you put in "pre-orders" for a total > of about 80 units. With that leverage we negotiated a > deal with the original California supplier. > > THE DEAL: > > I'm very pleased to announce that TAPR is going to stock > these Thunderbolts for us and handle ordering and payment > issues. Note that TAPR is non-profit and our time-nuts > list has a non-commercial, amateur and hobby focus. So > you will get these Thunderbolts at cost. > > The group price is just $115 each. You get a Trimble > Thunderbolt AND a nice universal AC input +5/+12/-12 > volt DC power supply AND the mating 6-pin DC Molex > power connector AND a BNC-F antenna adapter. > > I will advise you when the official TAPR.org Thunderbolt > ordering web page is ready. > > For an example of what you will receive, see: > http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/tapr-tbolt/ > > ORDERING: > > 1) Those of you who "pre-ordered" last year will get > email this week with instructions on how to submit > payment for the Thunderbolt(s) you previously said > you would like to buy. > > 2) Those of you newcomers to Time-Nuts should expect > to wait until the first batch has been shipped and > TAPR is ready for you. There should be enough for > everyone; so don't panic. > > Flat rate shipping will be about $9 (US), $23 (Canada), > or $37 (international). Same shipping for 1, 2, or 3 > units per box, I'm told. > > I hope you agree the wait was worth it. Whether it's > your first Thunderbolt or not -- this is an amazing deal > for any of us. A lot of work went into making it happen. > > /tvb > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.