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#aliexpress

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G0OXO(he/him)

Bought two of these bags from #aliexpress for just under £7 each to put the DIY PAC-12 and JPC-7 antenna into. One was a bit squashed but managed to poke it back into shape. Everything is much neater now and cheaper than the purpose made bag which was over £22 last time I looked. #hamradio

Black bag about 54 cm long, on wooden floor. It is in two parts and fastened with a zip, and each part is semi-rigid. The half on the left has a webbed compartment, again fastened by zip, containing 2 sets of radial wires on winders. On the right is a dipole centre made of white plastic chopping board, alongside two black 7MHz extension coils and a smaller bag for connectors.
Black bag about 54 cm long. It is in two parts and fastened with a zip, and each part is semi-rigid. The bottom half contains coils, a collapsed whip antenna, plus ground spike and extension rods in bubble wrap. The top half has a webbing insert containing radials in a winder and other accessories.
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:trebuchet: Kale :trebuchet:

Ok, so - bled a bit past lunch, but I got waist and torso done.

We worked out where this #aliexpress kit sits, quality-wise.

It's a 3d printed kit. There's definitely tolerance issues, but the design is also a bit shitty - stuff I guess higher quality materials and manufacture might ease.

A gundam kit torso and waist, bulbous and green
#gunpla
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C.

Line manager: Uh, Boss?

Boss: Yes?

L: We finished that new run of the component. We sent it to QA.

B: Okay? Is there a problem?

L: I just got the report back. This batch, uh, didn't meet the tolerance goal.

B: [rubs temple] Okay, shit happens. I guess it goes out as 10%. That's not too bad a hit.

L: Uh, it didn't meet 10% tolerance, either.

B: What? How bad is it? 20%?

L: Uh...

B: It's *worse* than 20%?

L: Most of the parts are barely within 50% tolerance.

B: ...

L: So, uh, we should probably ...

B: Who was running the line?

L: ...

B: It was Chuck, wasn't it?

L: ... yes.

B: Was he drunk again?

L: I don't know. I sent him home.

B: Nobody's made these components in 50% tolerance for thirty years. Where am I going to sell them?

L: ...

B: Okay, AliExpress it is. Go to the noodle shop across the street and offer him some new boxes if we can have the ones his supplies come in. No way I'm putting these parts and the company name in the same room together.

(inspired by some parts I received today...)

#electronics#hobby#AliExpress
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skua

#Aliexpress global #ScamArtists continue their predations.

They tell me I've got +4 messages from sellers.

And there is no apparent way of viewing those Messages ( which prob include comms about mislabelled products) in Firefox on Android.

It's now taken over an hour of my time trying to communicate about getting a refund due to the deliberate time wasting user interface that these #Shits provide.

#ConsumingIn2025
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