[10gigs] Custom made rocks that won't cost an arm OR a leg

[Chris Cox, N0UK]

Following on from some discussion last weekend whilst moving between rover
sites in the 10GHz contest and at Gary's suggestion, there is still a very
much viable source for one-off custom-made crystals that are very much
affordable on an amateur budget.

Quartslab is a ham-owned business located in south-east England that has
been around since before I was first-licensed in the mid-70's.  They can
fabricate rocks for either homebrew gear or commercial - both amateur and
ex-commercial gear.  Their prices are in the sub-$20 category for most
frequency ranges so quite abit more than the GBP2.50/rock when I
were-a-lad, but much more competitive than the few other remaining
foundries.

Full details including price per unit are avaailable from heir web-page at
http://www.quartslab.com.

No involvement other than being a (almost) lifelong user of their
crystals!

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73 Chris Cox, N0UK, G4JEC
chrisc at chris.org