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Oz Jon
21 hours ago, Parrothead said:

On a positive note, the yagi antenna is only $19 USD, while the radome panel antenna is $22.00 USD. But, after all of these communications, he insists that I buy 10, yes 10 of either of those antennas. He won't just sell me one of either of them. Anyone interested in going in on 10 antennas? What a complete and utter waste of fecking time. :rolleyes:

 

Ridiculously cheap! - and they look to me like they may be good products (reasonable looking construction and plausible specs).

 

Assuming free delivery (which seems to be the Chinese norm) you'd only have to sell 1 of the yagis to be competitive with any other prospective offer?

And you'd still have 8 spares! - Lol!

 

 

Maybe mount some spares low on your mast for Chan to hang her pot plants on?

Edited by Oz Jon
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Parrothead
2 hours ago, Oz Jon said:

Ridiculously cheap! - and they look to me like they may be good products (reasonable looking construction and plausible specs).

 

Well, I am not really prepared to buy 10 of them for $190.00 USD, plus shipping & customs fees. 

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Okay. Curiosity got the best of me, so I had to ask. I sent ol' Jessie (never met a Chinese guy or gal, named Jessie, before) a reply, asking for specific figures. Here is what I got back, a bit ago: 

 

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Dear Paul,
10PCS TDJ-1800ACY7 ship to Battambang, Cambodia 00000 will cost US$132.00.
So, plus US$190.00 antenna cost, total will be US$322.00.

 

So, $322 USD for 10 each, 7 element, 10 dBi gain yagi antennas. $32.20 each, shipped. 

 

 

 

On 5/23/2018 at 1:51 PM, Oz Jon said:

Assuming free delivery

 

That was too much of a stretch, apparently.

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