MOTM

a) I am out of rack rails. I am revising the rack screw 'ear' dimension 
0.050 wider to allow metric screws to fit without having to file. I am also 
going to look at a new vendor (if possible) to reduce lead-time. This will 
allow me to stock 50pr -75pr batches at a time.

b) June is *very limited* for MOTM time (only the weekends). I am taking off 
11 days in a row in early July to ship *every* kit on order (I did finish 
the '440s and '320s kitting yesterday) and to ship assembled modules on 
order. In the recent 4 'ship days' 27 orders have gone out. The order 
backlog is approaching the lowest point in 7 years. I have the 
190/700/300/480/820 kits left to make up. This will take up about 5 of the 
11 available days. 2 full days will be packing kit orders, leaving 4 for 
assembly.

c) I still need to set up the CA3280 testing for the '480 VCF. I have like 7 
assembled '480s on order but I need to run the parts through to check for 
gain. I think I may have 1 date code with out-of-spec gm. This is the issue 
with parts that went obsolete 6 years ago. When I get them there is no 
telling where they originated.

d) Bourns is now letting me order 50pcs of the log pots in the '800 EG now 
(instead of a 500pc minimum) but the lead time is 10 weeks (well, for 500pcs 
it's 16 weeks and they take *every day* of that 16 weeks). I will be able to 
have the '800 Extra Parts Kits in the cart in mid-August when I get them. 
The ones I have left are "spoken for" in assembled modules.

Paul S.