[time-nuts] US Shipping Was huntron tracker advice

[Robert Atkinson]

One reasion why many US dealers will not ship otside the USA is the ITAR export regulations (Google it!). These are very hard to follow and the penalties are heavy. I know a couple of dealers have been warned and have just decided not to export anything rather than take the risk. 
Robert G8RPI.

--- On Thu, 27/11/08, Steve Rooke <sar10538 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Steve Rooke <sar10538 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] huntron tracker advice & troubleshooting withoutschematic advise
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts at febo.com>
Date: Thursday, 27 November, 2008, 8:21 AM

And I envy you guys in the UK and the US as over here in New Zealand
there is little to be had and anything that comes up costs an arm and
a leg. My Mother is just emigrating over here and so I bought a few
items (all I could afford) and had them sent to her so they can come
over in the container with her furniture etc as there is no way I
could afford the shipping otherwise. At least shipping via surface was
a workable option with heavy items like scopes, even with the 3 month
wait, but that is now gone :(

The other thing that really gets my goat is the habit of a lot of US
eBay sellers who won't ship outside of the country. What really rubs
is that it's usually the really hard to locate items or the ones that
are going really cheap that will not ship. They always say that you
can bid if you have a US address to ship to but that is hopeless for
me.

Still, I have a great lifestyle over here and wouldn't swap it for the
US or going back home to Blighty anytime soon.

73
Steve

2008/11/27 David C. Partridge <david.partridge at dsl.pipex.com>:
>  I envy you guys over in the US - test gear on the 2nd hand market seems
so
> much cheaper than here in the UK.   Current shipping costs from USA seem
to
> wipe out the difference most of the time - I wish they'd bring back
the USPS
> Surface Mail service.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Robert Darlington
> Sent: 27 November 2008 07:17
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] huntron tracker advice & troubleshooting
> withoutschematic advise
>
> I picked up a Tektronix 7000 series mainframe scope and a curve tracer
> plugin for under $200, and I bet you can too if you look around on eBay.  
I
> have a Tek 7854 digital storage analog scope (400MHz analog with digital
> sampling capabilities, GPIB port, and 4 mainframe slots).   The cart was
> another $40 though!
>
> -Bob
>
>
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Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD
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