[time-nuts] Fake new LPRO 101 Rb's on Ebay?

[David G. McGaw]

Re: China, I heard a piece on NPR that gave the opinion that the virus 
would only survive a few hours on a surface.  Anything coming from China 
should be fine.  We are probably more likely to die from panic.  ;-)

David N1HAC

On 2/4/20 4:54 AM, Clint Jay wrote:
> Actinic short wavelength UV light, the same stuff you use to erase EPROMs
> or sterilise scissors, pond or aquarium water will do the job but, a little
> perspective, there are 1.386 billion people in China and fewer than 21,000
> confirmed cases of coronavirus, fewer than 500 deaths since the outbreak
> began, thus far more people have died from seasonal flu today alone.
>
> I leave the reader ( who will probably be far better with statistical
> analysis than I) to calculate the chances of a person infected with the
> virus coming into contact with a package, then you can work out the chances
> of said virus surviving the time the journey takes.
>
> I'm not going to bother sterilizing goods from China and won't be
> panicking, instead I'll wash my hands and cough/sneeze into tissues.
>
> The Chinese LPro look like a good deal but the Israeli ones have the
> connector and a module which seems to break it out to a d-sub and SMA,
> might make it worth the extra?
>
> On Tue, 4 Feb 2020, 09:35 Christoph Kopetzky, <ck at cksd.de> wrote:
>
>> Ah OK, now I found the other offers... OK China...
>> Sorry for my quick first answer.
>> I agree with Esa. Ozone is a good method for contact-free desinfecting
>> goods. The other alternative will be UV light. But
>> ozone is much better.
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> Chris
>> ---
>> 'Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.' --
>> Albert Einstein
>>
>> Am 04.02.2020 um 10:03 schrieb Christoph Kopetzky:
>>> The seller is located in Israel :) not in China. So the corona would
>>> not really be the problem.
>>> But the items are not new(!). The product date code is 06/21/00 for
>>> the one and 0127 as 27th week of 2001
>>> is for the second one.
>>>
>>> best regards
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> ---
>>> 'Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.' --
>>> Albert Einstein
>>>
>>> Am 04.02.2020 um 08:29 schrieb Perry Sandeen via time-nuts:
>>>> Yo Bubba Dudes!,
>>>> There are two vendors on Ebay selling *new* LPRO 101 Rb's for around
>>>> $160 each, with discounts for larger purchases.  The general price of
>>>> a used LPRO seems to be in the $250 to $350 range.  Anybody have any
>>>> ideas?  (Discount for coronavirus?)
>>>> In all seriousness, can the coronavirus be transmitted in gear we buy
>>>> from China or does it require a living host for spreading?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Perrier
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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