Hi, Bringing a few pieces of ham gear to Canada by car and bringing it back has never been a problem for me and I would never dream of getting the forms alluded to. We have done numerous trips into Ontario from New York and never encountered any problem. U.S. customs agent do not care much about personal belongings. What they do care about is people, drugs, vegetables and meats. The sign at the border says to declare all items *obtained* in Canada, not items returned to the U.S. Sometimes they will inspect the interior of the car and they never lift an eyebrow at the sight of radio equipment. Now, given, we cross at the Thousand Islands bridge which is a very easygoing border crossing on both sides and they know us from multiple crossings (they surely keep records). Your mileage may vary.
AB2TC - Knut Ray Fallen wrote > <snip> > If you are planning on taking your gear out of the good ol' US of A (even > to Canada)...the only way to guarantee that you'll clear US Customs with > no > problems, is by showing the agent a Department of Homeland Security CPB > Form 4457 aka Certificate of Registration for Personal Effects Taken > Abroad. This form is available the the web...you can Google it. > > You complete the form describing the articles you're taking overseas > including serial numbers...then you have to go to a Customs Office to have > the items inspected. I live near Youngstown, Ohio...the nearest Customs > Office was at the Pittsburgh International Airport. > > Pain in the ass? Certainly! But remember, US Customs has the right to > impound anything they deem as questionable...it's up to YOU to prove it's > not. > > > *73, Ray-ND8L, occasionally ND8L/VP9* > <snip again> -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Traveling-and-US-Customs-tp7585420p7585441.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
