never, never use peanuts on radio packaging!. newspaper and bubble wrap. foam is good too. when a box is dammaged the peanuts fall out and there goes your padding. the rest is down hill from there. and newspaper absorbs water so I use that often.
--- Rick Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just got this little transceiver today (of course, > it was in excellent > shape, so said the description) and UPS did a number > on it. So, I am > now in need of a meter (it works but the inner case > is busted) a > "Transmit/Receive" knob or metal insert for the knob > and a meter switch > knob, it was totally smashed. Man, these guys at > UPS must have played > soccer with this thing. It was double boxed and had > lots of peanuts > between the boxes plus bubble wrap and they still > managed to bust it > up! They are really good at what they do! ;-) > > Oh, and all it does is BUZZ! Volume down... makes > no difference.. so I > have yet another fix it project before I can play 6 > meter AM on a real > tube radio. > > Thanks for any help with the parts... > Rick > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul > Courson/wa3vjb > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
