Hi, Tony:
Congrats on your new rig! You will be very pleased, I am sure.
For the record, I think the marking of Elecraft boxes for shipment to
Canada has been sorted out. The same thing happened to me and I followed up
with Lisa after I got mine out of Canada Customs. The most recent package I
got from Aptos did have the requisite "Amateur Radio" text on there, and no
problem this time. Elecraft is aware of the problem and has fixed it, best
I can tell.
73,
Gary, VE1RGB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Fegan VE3QF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Lisa Jones - Elecraft Sales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 1:33 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3/100 #137 has arrived in Toronto Canada
Factory assembled K3/100 was ordered 1 May 2007.
Received 21 Dec in Toronto Canada.
It was shipped 19 Dec by "UPS Worldwide Express" and was held up in
customs for a few hours and thus missed its scheduled delivery (20 Dec).
It seems that this customs officer had assumed that " "VE3QF" was a
business and that there should be some duty charged.
I explained to UPS (the broker) that it was a shipment to a private
person and the contents consisted of "Amateur radio equipment". I also
quoted a customs tariff number (8527.39.10.00). That may be an old number
but in the end the K3 was cleared. I did not see any reference to "Amateur
radio equipment" or any customs declaration form on the box. This could
have been removed by customs but usually a copy is kept with the shipment.
I unfortunately don't have much experience with customs clearance.
I would suggest that the call-sign be put after the name and not on a
separate line. For Canada the key words are "Amateur radio equipment".
This means duty free.
The radio was double boxed and arrived in perfect condition. First
impression is very positive and definitely worth the wait. I had good
reports on our 10M net.
My thanks to the Elecraft team. Merry Christmas and a successful New
Year.
73
Tony Fegan VE3QF
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