Re: [AMRadio] 10 Meters Open

2006-07-30 Thread JohnPerz
Can hear on the west coast of Florida also WA2FNS

[AMRadio] 10 Meters Open

2006-07-30 Thread Mike Duke, K5XU
I'm hearing FM from W2 land into Mississippi. Anyone for AM? Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs

[AMRadio] Re: UPS Shipping

2006-07-30 Thread Radio Station W5AMI
I've recently ordered several pieces of equipment from the same source that came via FedEx at various times during a month or so and each box looked as if it hadn't even been shipped. Clean, no holes, bends or impressions on the boxes at all. I've also had good luck with DHL recently too. I've

Re: [AMRadio] UPS Shipping

2006-07-30 Thread Jim Wilhite
I was the manager of the Motorola Service Center near the interchange terminal in Mesquite, TX back in the mid 80's Your description is accurate. But there are other things UPS people do that are absolutely outstanding to check the integrity of packages. I won't relay all the details, but I

Re: [AMRadio] UPS Shipping

2006-07-30 Thread Donald Chester
That's because the warehouse guys pick a couple packages to play football with and yours might be one of them... Shipping boatanchors via UPS is like playing Russian roulette. I used to service electronic equipment at the American Airlines terminal at Logan Airport in Boston. One of the mac

[AMRadio] UPS

2006-07-30 Thread charles free
My buddy received his rig recenly with the box somewhat flat, with a set of dual wheel tire tracks across the top. UPS argued they had received it that way. A company I order machine tool parts from, will not send anything over 75 lbs via UPS even though UPS will accpet 105lbs. I tried to order

RE: [AMRadio] good experience with shipping past 2 months

2006-07-30 Thread W1EOF
> I unpacked it > right there in the parking lot, not that I could have made a > claim, since it was so poorly packed. However, i was very lucky, UPS *wants* you to believe that. I have heard from several people lately that pushed the point and got their damages from UPS. The legal fact is that if

[AMRadio] good experience with shipping past 2 months

2006-07-30 Thread John Lyles
I just finished receiving a series of large parcels with a completely disassembled 500 watt AM modulator, from East Coast to NM. Some were sent Fedex at my request, including the modulation transformer, a Stancor Polypedance. There were a pair of 810 triodes and some other transformers (fil, dri