[time-nuts] problem with Efratom FRS-C from eBay

[SAIDJACK at aol.com]

Hi Bob,
 
sorry to hear that. Their feedback seems to be great, so if you discuss the  
problem with them, I would think they will likely help you out with a return  
etc.
 
My question: I was told by people in-the-know that Rubidium Atomic  Frequency 
references are illegal to export to China, and folks have gone to jail  for 
sending these to China.
 
In particular, anything space qualified is not to be exported there, I  think 
the US govt. does not want China to build their own GNSS.
 
See for example page 252:
 
   _http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/newsletter/0041/materials/book.pdf_ 
(http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/newsletter/0041/materials/book.pdf) 
 
Does anyone know if this restriction has been lifted? If not, I wonder how  
they got access to so many Rb's.
 
thanks,
Said
 
 
In a message dated 10/17/2008 15:49:38 Pacific Daylight Time,  
rdarlington at gmail.com writes:

I  obtained it from this  ad:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290262243079

The  unit that I received does not show TTL after the frequency and the  scope
output looks like a cross between a sinewave and a ringing square  wave.  I
have about 13 feet of RG174 between the FRS and the  measurement equipment so
who knows.   This is the "*Rubidium and  GPS DO  From
China<http://stores.ebay.com/Rubidium-and-GPS-DO-From-China>"
*eBay  store, which I thought was pretty reputable so I want to make sure I'm
not  doing anything wrong before I contact the seller, PayPal, etc.*   *There
was also a big white sticker covering the whole top of the  unit.  I had to