Define Factory Wired

[John Dolan]

Ed you have no idea how much of a breath of fresh air, your post was....

That makes so much sense, from a customer and a company point of view.
Thank you for enlightening us.... and many thanks to your bride too!

>Sigh....I sure do miss those days.
Me too, how could such a thing have come to pass, such as it did?  Was there
anything that could have changed what happened?

John   N3FIG   near Washington,  DC


----- Original Message -----
From: ekotkie <ekotkie at EZL.COM>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: Define Factory Wired


"Mark V. Johnson VE3DJU" wrote:

> Can any of our "Former Hams at Heath" define for me what does "Factory
> Wired" mean?? Does this mean a standard kit was removed from the shelf and
> given to a technician to built or was an outside technician hired to built

>> My bride is a "Former Ham at Heath" who worked the "Wired Instruments
group".  This
group had various techs assigned to different products that they built and
aligned for the
stores through-out the country.  Most of these were made to spec and never
had any "W"
designator.  I suspect that this pristene radio may have come from a store
either when
they no longer carried the item in the catalog or when the store closed.  I
looked at a
couple catalogs and very few items came pre-built.  I am looking at a IG-5240
that also
came wired and it was labeled as a SG-5240.  Another way that things came
wired is if the
customer returned an item as not working.  The techs would take a quick check
and if the
item was a disaster (frequently the case), the item was packed up and sent
across the
street to the salvage house and was made available to employees (and lucky
spouses) at a
greatly reduced price.  In those cases, a factory made and aligned unit was
returned to
the customer.

Sigh....I sure do miss those days.

I hope this helps the group to better understand the process.

Ed

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John    near Washington, DC

Stealth (9 year old Lab Mix... late onset @ 7 yrs), 97 lbs but 26.5 inches at
the shoulder, neutered male, PB levels slowly climbing as dosage increased
from 16 ug/ml to 35 ug/ml till Thyrosyn and KBr started - then the measured
PB level dropped 50% with no dose change (possibly a shift in the PB metab
rate), KBr 750 mg SID, Thyrosyn 0.6 mg BID, Thyroid Panel done and repeated @
Hemopet, Stealth's values went from ridiculously low to slightly high on the
retest, Chemistries: on 11/24/99 Alk Phos 2700 (which is 20x High), but ALT
normal.  On 1/6/99 Alk Phos 3000, but everything else normal.  Any comments
welcomed.

----- Original Message -----
From: ekotkie <ekotkie at EZL.COM>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: Define Factory Wired


"Mark V. Johnson VE3DJU" wrote:

> Can any of our "Former Hams at Heath" define for me what does "Factory
> Wired" mean?? Does this mean a standard kit was removed from the shelf and
> given to a technician to built or was an outside technician hired to built
> it, or indeed (I can't see this happening) was there some kind of
> manufacturing set up invoked to build stuff?? Also, could you have any kit
> factory built or was there just certain items available?

EK> My bride is a "Former Ham at Heath" who worked the "Wired Instruments
group".  This
group had various techs assigned to different products that they built and
aligned for the
stores through-out the country.  Most of these were made to spec and never
had any "W"
designator.  I suspect that this pristene radio may have come from a store
either when
they no longer carried the item in the catalog or when the store closed.  I
looked at a
couple catalogs and very few items came pre-built.  I am looking at a IG-5240
that also
came wired and it was labeled as a SG-5240.  Another way that things came
wired is if the
customer returned an item as not working.  The techs would take a quick check
and if the
item was a disaster (frequently the case), the item was packed up and sent
across the
street to the salvage house and was made available to employees (and lucky
spouses) at a
greatly reduced price.  In those cases, a factory made and aligned unit was
returned to
the customer.

Sigh....I sure do miss those days.

I hope this helps the group to better understand the process.

Ed

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