I considered that, for about 1 minute, when I bought my K3. My fellow club members with K2s said there wouldn't be a problem - there wasn't. I didn't have any missing parts so can't comment on delivery of those. But the K3 shipped via UPS and got here in 2 days (shipped 15-Dec and arrived 17th). I found the HexKey I had ordered had been missed out of the shipment, Elecraft very apologetic and it shipped and arrived within 5 days (considering that was Xmas post time, very good). A mod kit I ordered arrived within a few days via USPS (I have to say I'm more impressed with US postal service than I am the UKs).
I don't think you'd have to wait long for a missing part in mainland Europe. But I expect shippment to some distant rural area might be an issue. I would not have thought Canada would be? 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174 -- Math Anxiety: an intense lifelong fear of two trains approaching each other at speeds of 60 and 80 MPH. -Rick Bayan On 22 Dec 2009, at 03:16, Gary, VE1RGB wrote: > Your argument is solid for citizens of the USA. But life offshore > is different and the logistics support system from Aptos, while it > cannot be > faulted, cannot do anything about the vagaries of postal and > transportation > and customs and immigration systems which attract delay and cost, > sometimes > of eye-watering magnitude, to those of us who live elsewhere. > Gary, VE1RGB ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
