[time-nuts] US Shipping Was huntron tracker advice

Neville Michie namichie at gmail.com
Thu Nov 27 09:46:58 UTC 2008


Many US or UK sellers will sell out of their country if you email  
them and ask them,
even if they list as home country only.
I bought an HP 54501A oscilloscope from US, and it was sent to  
Australia.
Cost 30% more with the freight, but it was still only a few hundred  
dollars,
and I would not have found anything as useful in Australia at the price.
cheers, Neville Michie

On 27/11/2008, at 7:55 PM, Steve Rooke wrote:

> Hmmm... International Traffic in Arms Regulations, well I don't like
> to poke holes in that excuse but unless the US customs are REALLY
> paranoid, I can't see how most of the items I have tried to purchase
> would be covered under this. But, I suppose you could poke someone in
> the eye with a ball-point pen therefore it could be labled an an arm
> but I'm sure there are other reasons for most of refusals to ship
> outside the 48 States. It's not just a couple of dealers who take this
> position, it seems to be the case with a number of sellers sadly.
>
> What I need is a magic wormhole that runs from a US address and ends
> up in my home. Anyone got a design for one of these, sort of like a
> stargate :-)
>
> 73, Steve - ZL3TUV
>
> 2008/11/27 Robert Atkinson <robert8rpi at yahoo.co.uk>:
>> One reasion why many US dealers will not ship otside the USA is  
>> the ITAR export regulations (Google it!). These are very hard to  
>> follow and the penalties are heavy. I know a couple of dealers  
>> have been warned and have just decided not to export anything  
>> rather than take the risk.
>> Robert G8RPI.
>>
>> --- On Thu, 27/11/08, Steve Rooke <sar10538 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Steve Rooke <sar10538 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] huntron tracker advice & troubleshooting  
>> withoutschematic advise
>> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time- 
>> nuts at febo.com>
>> Date: Thursday, 27 November, 2008, 8:21 AM
>>
>> And I envy you guys in the UK and the US as over here in New Zealand
>> there is little to be had and anything that comes up costs an arm and
>> a leg. My Mother is just emigrating over here and so I bought a few
>> items (all I could afford) and had them sent to her so they can come
>> over in the container with her furniture etc as there is no way I
>> could afford the shipping otherwise. At least shipping via surface  
>> was
>> a workable option with heavy items like scopes, even with the 3 month
>> wait, but that is now gone :(
>>
>> The other thing that really gets my goat is the habit of a lot of US
>> eBay sellers who won't ship outside of the country. What really rubs
>> is that it's usually the really hard to locate items or the ones that
>> are going really cheap that will not ship. They always say that you
>> can bid if you have a US address to ship to but that is hopeless for
>> me.
>>
>> Still, I have a great lifestyle over here and wouldn't swap it for  
>> the
>> US or going back home to Blighty anytime soon.
>>
>> 73
>> Steve
>>
>> 2008/11/27 David C. Partridge <david.partridge at dsl.pipex.com>:
>>>  I envy you guys over in the US - test gear on the 2nd hand  
>>> market seems
>> so
>>> much cheaper than here in the UK.   Current shipping costs from  
>>> USA seem
>> to
>>> wipe out the difference most of the time - I wish they'd bring back
>> the USPS
>>> Surface Mail service.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts- 
>>> bounces at febo.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Robert Darlington
>>> Sent: 27 November 2008 07:17
>>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] huntron tracker advice & troubleshooting
>>> withoutschematic advise
>>>
>>> I picked up a Tektronix 7000 series mainframe scope and a curve  
>>> tracer
>>> plugin for under $200, and I bet you can too if you look around  
>>> on eBay.
>> I
>>> have a Tek 7854 digital storage analog scope (400MHz analog with  
>>> digital
>>> sampling capabilities, GPIB port, and 4 mainframe slots).   The  
>>> cart was
>>> another $40 though!
>>>
>>> -Bob
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD
>> Omnium finis imminet
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> -- 
> Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD
> Omnium finis imminet
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