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dyrodium
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 24 Aug 2004
Posts: 6476
Location: Sydney
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silvertone electronics
http://www.silvertone.com.au/
Anyone seen this place before? I've just hade a browse around their site and they seem to have old-style, but cheap radios. It also sais it's in riverwood, which isn't to far from sydney. Anyone ever heard about it before? Their recievers are built to be tough too!
Quote from their Q and A section:
"Question. Why have you used a metal transmitter case when all other manufacturers use plastic? It makes the set look so old-fashioned.
Answer. A question of cost I am afraid. The die-set for a plastic transmitter case costs upwards of $50,000 and in the small quantities that we produce sets, the amortisation of such a cost is not possible. However remember that the only reason that the other manufacturers went to plastic in the first place was to reduce costs. The aluminium case is more durable, easier to clean, provides a better ground-plane for the antenna and shields the internals from outside radiation from other nearby transmitters, thereby helping to reduce third order intermodulation via direct injection. It took the overseas manufacturers years and a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get a plastic transmitter to perform as well as a metal one and they still fall short on 3.O.I. I would be very loath to go to a plastic TX case even if costs were not a factor. True, plastic does give one more scope in shaping the external appearance but is this the measure of true worth? Remember also that the Mark 22 case is quite different from the traditional folded sheet unit. The welded seam construction gives the finished unit a very professional look. We can also offer the case in personalised colours for an additional fee of $49.00, something that cannot be done in plastic." _________________ ( •_•)
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