William,
They sold them to me in Denver, CO, so Michigan should be no problem (it
being physically closer and all).  Be sure to call them to place the order
rather than order from their website.  The phone number is on their web
site.  On their web site the only shipping options they have are for inside
the UK or anywhere else in the world for $75.  The $75 was for some kind of
express shipping, but they will also send an order via regular mail for $10
US (takes about a week for delivery I was told).  The prices are
ridiculously cheap.  I got 2 AM transmitters, 2 AM receivers and the
regular mail shipping for ~$40.

The salesperson I talked to was John Fairall.  He was extremely helpful,
very polite, and went out of his way to help me make my small order.  This
was very refreshing after my experiences with some US manufacturers of RF
modules (like Linx Technologies) who first won't sell you anything until
you have purchased an expensive (for a hobbyist) evaluation kit, then won't
hardly give you the time of day if you want to order any quantity less than
10,000.

My order should arrive soon, and if the modules work out as good as I am
expecting then RF Solutions gets my vote and my future business.

My $.02 worth,
Adam





web@MERIT.EDU on 12/02/98 06:57:43 AM

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Subject:  Re: experience with RF modules




According to Nigel Orr:
>
> I got a 418MHz Tx/Rx pair from RF Solutions in the UK, total cost about
> 10ukp (about 16usd).  It really is remarkably simple to use- they have 2
> transmitters- one has 2 pins (and is about the size of a small tantalum
> capacitor), but it needs an external tuning capacitor.  The other is
> slightly larger than a 14-pin DIL package, but needs no external
> components, and goes up to 2kHz switching rate.  That's the one I got.
The
> receiver has more pins, but only because ground and power pins are
> duplicated- it's a SIL module.
>
> RF Solutions website (I posted the wrong address a couple of weeks ago)
is at
> http://www.rfsolutions.co.uk/
Do you suppose they will sell these items to a bloke in Michigan, USA?  :-)
Regards,
web...
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