have used Delta Dash to do the same also.
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From: "wa6rqd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Shipping an antenna
> Bob M. wrote:
>> I need to get a 10 foot long fiberglass antenna from
>> Florida to Connecticut. It can probably be encased in
>> some PVC plastic tubing. It'll weigh between 20 and 30
>> pounds when packaged.
>>
>> UPS and FedEx have some crazy size and weight
>> limitations. At least the UPS web site tells me the
>> maximum length plus girth (essentially circumference
>> or square surface dimension) but FedEx is less
>> user-friendly.
>>
>> Anyone have any experience shipping this kind of
>> thing? It's NOT a 22 ft Super StationMaster but it IS
>> one piece. I don't really want to spend hundreds of
>> dollars to ship it via a commercial trucking company,
>> especially considering what I'm paying for the
>> antenna.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Bob M.
>>
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> Bob,
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> I was able to get DHL Express to deliver a 900 omni in a 140" X 4 X 4
> cardboard tube from Michigan to California for ~$95 (33lbs). Both UPS
> and Fedex refused to accept it as it was too long and all the trucking
> companies were way too expensive($250-$600). Oddly enough, DHL ground
> would not take it, but their air service would.
>
> Ed Yoho
> WA6RQD
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