Re: [AMRadio] Re: [Boatanchors] Surplus in Mexico...
Hi Jim, Many thanks for your thoughts on this matter... I had an old friend retire & move to Acapulco back some 26 years ago...he may well be an SK by now. It IS a lovely place, indeed, but as you say, the language & culture differences would certainly require some radical changes to what one gets used to. Believe it r not, I'd miss the changing seasons we get here in Canada---maybe not all that SNOW, per se, but the changes certainly...! ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ - Original Message - From: "Jim Wilhite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: [Boatanchors] Surplus in Mexico... > Ed: > > You might look up call signs of hams located in the towns you are planning > to visit. With the telephone lookup pages available today you could call > them in advance to arrange meeting them for lunch or their preference. > Typically they like to visit with people of similar interests. They will be > helpful and kind throughout the visit. > > I never went South any further than San Miguel de Allende but would suspect > if you find much, Mexico City would be possible. Most of my time was in > Monterrey, Chihuahua but mostly in the smaller communities. I only remember > seeing two or three towers with beams and they were near San Carlos. > > In those days, it would have been near impossible to load a 390 in anything > to get it home. Tariffs on electronic gear was quite prohibitive as were > the costs of buying an automobile. They had a 100% tax on cars at that time > but with enough Mordida you could do all right. Now with NAFTA in place it > is not so bad. I had a friend who scowered Mexico for airplane parts that > had real troubles when he tried to bring back some Pratt & Whitney engines, > designed in America, but built in Canada, to the US. But that was all years > ago, things have changed. Maybe you should check the customs provisions to > see what is allowable. > > Great country and we thought of retiring there, but don't speak the language > well enough to make the "deal". > > 73 Jim > W5JO > - Original Message - > From: "Ed Swynar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio" > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 5:55 PM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: [Boatanchors] Surplus in Mexico... > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > Many thanks! Maybe I'll ask a few of the locals when I'm down there, > > too... > > > > I recall reading in ER a LONG time ago about somebody who found a surplus > > place somewhere in Mexica---had a bunch of old military gear & R390A's, > > but > > I can't recall the prices... > > > > Can you imagine trying to load one of them babies onboard a plane bound > > for > > home as a piece of carry-on luggage...?! > > > > ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ > > > > > > > __ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net >
Re: [AMRadio] Re: [Boatanchors] Surplus in Mexico...
Ed: You might look up call signs of hams located in the towns you are planning to visit. With the telephone lookup pages available today you could call them in advance to arrange meeting them for lunch or their preference. Typically they like to visit with people of similar interests. They will be helpful and kind throughout the visit. I never went South any further than San Miguel de Allende but would suspect if you find much, Mexico City would be possible. Most of my time was in Monterrey, Chihuahua but mostly in the smaller communities. I only remember seeing two or three towers with beams and they were near San Carlos. In those days, it would have been near impossible to load a 390 in anything to get it home. Tariffs on electronic gear was quite prohibitive as were the costs of buying an automobile. They had a 100% tax on cars at that time but with enough Mordida you could do all right. Now with NAFTA in place it is not so bad. I had a friend who scowered Mexico for airplane parts that had real troubles when he tried to bring back some Pratt & Whitney engines, designed in America, but built in Canada, to the US. But that was all years ago, things have changed. Maybe you should check the customs provisions to see what is allowable. Great country and we thought of retiring there, but don't speak the language well enough to make the "deal". 73 Jim W5JO - Original Message - From: "Ed Swynar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Re: [Boatanchors] Surplus in Mexico... Hi Jim, Many thanks! Maybe I'll ask a few of the locals when I'm down there, too... I recall reading in ER a LONG time ago about somebody who found a surplus place somewhere in Mexica---had a bunch of old military gear & R390A's, but I can't recall the prices... Can you imagine trying to load one of them babies onboard a plane bound for home as a piece of carry-on luggage...?! ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
Re: [AMRadio] Re: [Boatanchors] Surplus in Mexico...
Hi Jim, Many thanks! Maybe I'll ask a few of the locals when I'm down there, too... I recall reading in ER a LONG time ago about somebody who found a surplus place somewhere in Mexica---had a bunch of old military gear & R390A's, but I can't recall the prices... Can you imagine trying to load one of them babies onboard a plane bound for home as a piece of carry-on luggage...?! ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ - Original Message - From: "Jim Wilhite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of AM Radio" Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 3:18 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Re: [Boatanchors] Surplus in Mexico... > Hi Ed: > > It has been a while since I was there, but in my extensive travels in > Northern Mexico, I never saw one. I do know that several radio shops in El > Paso and other border states got rich selling to people and businesses from > Mexico. The one in San Antonio (ham shop), sold a lot to Mexican nationals > who shopped there. > > There is a Mexican ham that posts on the AM Forum that is quite active on AM > in Mexico. If you have privileges on The AM Forum, you could post to him. > His name is Pedro. > > 73 Jim > W5JO > > > > Subject: [Boatanchors] Surplus in Mexico... > > > > Has anyone reading this ever had any experiences with surplus radio / > > electronics emporiums in sunny Mexico...? Do such places like this even > > exist in the sunny south...? > > > > ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ > > ___ > > Boatanchors mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > > ** List Administrator - Duane Fischer, W8DBF/W9WZE ** > > ** For Assistance: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** > > $$ For vintage radio info, see the HCI web site $$ > > http://www.w9wze.org > > > > > > > > > __ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net >
