[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Group Buy, part 1
Didier Juges
didier at cox.net
Mon May 5 21:05:05 EDT 2008
Great news Tom and John.
Thanks for taking the time on behalf of so many others.
Anxiously waiting for more news,
Didier KO4BB
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 4:55 AM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> 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
>
>
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