Homemade XG-100P Cables on Ebay??

[NavyBOFH]

No need to go on a Hamophobic rant.

I'm pointing out that you can put together a better quality side adapter than either the OEM cable or the badly and cheaply printed ebay special. I sold my OEM cable. The OEM cable still had mold release flash all along the connector seam lines. The ones I put together are a better made and more flexible option.

And frankly I'm getting quite the chuckle out of defending such an obviously cheaply made and badly printed adapter for $90+

Is this ebay special yours or a partners? Why are you and nikronzo so interested in defending it?

If you want to call it anything - its because it made you feel some sort of way. Out of all the hams I know - most are on here providing advice to the otherwise "point and click appliance operators" that refuse to learn or DIY a single thing. So the fact you fit that stereotype to a T about "I can do it for less" while arguing about it instead of actually shutting up and doing it... speaks volumes. Sorry I took several days to reply... I was too busy doing instead of talking.

The fact still remains that you are paying for someone's time and knowledge on top of the BOM of producing said part. If you think you can do it for less... GO. I will happily await the release of your product and I will gladly purchase it as I do with most community-led designs to support small businesses in an otherwise commercial world. You can ask all the KFD designers, I have bought most of them sitting right on my desk even though I don't need a single one of them. Just the same as DIY'ed cables sitting next to my OEM ones. This is actually a hobby and passion on top of my day job, so I will happily defend people that actually add to the community.

So its your turn. Step up or step aside.

 

[TDR-94]

So the fact you fit that stereotype to a T about "I can do it for less" while arguing about it instead of actually shutting up and doing it... speaks volumes.

You can ask all the KFD designers, I have bought most of them sitting right on my desk even though I don't need a single one of them. Just the same as DIY'ed cables sitting next to my OEM ones.

Same can be said for almost every other ham product out there that can be DIYed with a soldering iron and a few bucks in cables and terminations but instead I see mountains of CAT cables, coax, etc

I'm not a HAM so your HAMophobic rants are moot.

Your posts seem to point at you fitting this stereotype you apparently came up with. You chastise the HAM's with "but instead I see moiuntains of CAT cables, coax, etc and then post about hoarding most of every KFD made and having DIY'ed cables sitting next to your OEM ones.

Surely you see the irony. You have added nothing but a hypocritical rant about HAM's.

I only pointed out to the OP that there was an alternative to the 'ebay special' if he was "weary" of it's less than stellar looking build quality. I have built several of them because they were a better option than the OEM cable and the ebay special.

Where you came up with this "challenge" to make and sell them, I have no idea. No one ever indicated such a thing.

 

[KevinC]

I think the OP has enough info to make an informed decision on the linked adapter in the first post. Closing.