Just not the stores I try to use, I guess. I remember last year I tried to order a Pelican case for my K3 and was turned down by eight different stores, just because I don't have a U.S. credit card. I even tried to have it shipped within the U.S. and that didn't work, either.
73, Mitch DJ0QN On 31.10.2011 18:51, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote: > Hi > > there´s plenty of places in USA where you can buy with credit cards and > addresses outside the USA.... > > 73, > Jorge > CX6VM > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] En nombre de Mitch Wolfson DJØQN > Enviado el: Lunes, 31 de Octubre de 2011 03:21 p.m. > Para: Johnny Siu > CC: Elecraft > Asunto: Re: [Elecraft] CQ WW SSB > > Hi Johnny, > > I have had a lot of problems over the years trying to order things from > U.S. based stores using a foreign credit card. Most internet shops there > seem to think we are all some kind of criminal if we live outside of the > United States ;-) > > One exception I have found is B&H. They have no problem with foreign > cards, even billing a foreign address, but shipping to a U.S. address. > > Their link for the CM500 is at: > <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/375558-REG/Yamaha_CM500_CM500_Headset > _with.html> > > > 73, > Mitch DJ0QN > > On 31.10.2011 02:18, Johnny Siu wrote: >> Hello Elecrafter, >> >> I was QRV to an outline island of Hong Kong (known an Lamma Island). > Therefore, I only brought K3+KPA500+Buddipole+25A switching power supply. >> Scores were of course nothing promising because I was lazy and slept a > lot. The buddipole was installed on the roof of 3 storey village type > house. However, the metal canopy structure on the roof seriously influenced > the buddipole set up so that SWR below 21Mhz was very high no matter how I > adjusted the antenna. >> KAT500 is still in Elecraft's lab. Therefore, no tuner was used in this > set up. KPA500 could handle SWR below 2 and I worked full power of KPA500 > on 28Mhz. The KPA500 was cool and quiet. The integration with K3 was silk > smooth. >> Below 28Mhz, I can only run bearfoot with K3 using the internal KAT3. In > 7Mhz, I trust the effective RF out at the end of Buddipole could be as low > as 50W. Anyway, I could still get some multipliers in Europe. >> The selectivity of K3 was excellent but I really missed the DSP NR in my > big Icoms. I regret to say that NR in K3 is as bad as useless so that I > simply turned off DSP NR during the entire contest. Also, when I adjusted > the IF bandwidth say from 2.4khz to 2.1khz, I noticed a very short 'black > out' time when I could not hear the signal during the adjustment. I would > suspect the DSP IF filter in K3 needs some time to 'think' about the > adjustment. Once I settled down to 2.1Khz, it was all ok. >> I used the Yamaha CM500 from my colleage VO1AU which was very good. I > cannot get a CM500 in VR2, could any of you advise where I can get a CM500 > in USA? >> >> The logging ware was N1MM. >> >> During contest time, band spectrum P3 seems not quite necessary because > there were stations every other Khz. I heard quite a number of US stations > even in 7Mhz but I could not work them due to poor antenna set up. >> How was your CQ WW? Any information / experience to share? >> >> TNX& 73, >> >> >> Johnny VR2XMC >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
