And more, yesterday i sent some parts for repair at Argent data in californa. i ask to my post office cheif why the custom sometime charge ,,,sometime they did not charge any money and he answer me that it is at the discretion of the custom employés,,,,,,,not bad .
And i am buying some parts from HK it would reach me in 6 or 8 days and from newYork it may too 20 too 30 days i have seen,,,,,,,,,,,,,,nothing to understand . so yes usps is great at least to us ham radio operator when we are doing trade. 73/s all gervais ve2ckn From: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: UHF MSR2000 low split to ham band Why do you say its a pain to deal with Canadian Customs? As importers, we deal with the Customs. Ham equipment is duty and most times tax free. Just avoid UPS. They are crooks. Example: last year I got a yaesu combiner off a ham in Minnesota. it was still in the yaesu package card. I told him, just go to your local US post office, put it in a padded envelope, slap 10 bucks worth of postage on it, and I'll get it in 10 days. Well that would be too easy. Instead, he went to the UPS store, where THEY valued it at $50, for the $31 I paid, plus $15 freight. when the UPS guy came to my door, I had to fork out $41 to him - for a $31 dollar item. I was livid. Most of the $41 was their own internal charges - brokerage charge, disbursement fee, the actual disbursement, sales taxes on the service fees, that amounted to over $30. The actual import tax was 5 or 6 bucks. By contrast, I just received 2 hours ago a Sharpe titanium HVLP spray gun for my other hobby, old car restoration. I won the item for $80 USD, USPS shipping was $28 with tracking, and I paid the postman at the door $21, $8 handling, and $13 combined federal and provincial sales tax, no brokerage, no other taxes or fees. So, American hams, selling to us Canucks is no big deal. Just use USPS. They have great service and are far less expensive than UPS. Sorry for the off-topic rant, but I think its good to know. 73 Ian VA2IR Montreal, Canada IRLP Node 2570 Repeater: VE2RJS, 449.975 At 02:14 PM 1/26/2010, you wrote: Hi Eric, > "Eric" <ve2...@...> wrote: > Hello, > I have an 30w UHF MSR2000 that was previously on 414/419MHz. > With a new set of crystal for the ham band, I need 2.8µV at > 447MHz to open the receiver. Just for the trivia... I will say the 30 watt unit was probably made purposely for the Canadian Market, which is a typical value for all the Canadian MSR-2000 units I have seen. > Is there a way to improve this, or a way to modify > the preselector / injection. filters ? Real world, no! ... unless you are very, very determined and well equipped to do detailed machine work after a lot of time spent working up a game plan. The injection stages are a fairly straight forward mod process but the pre-selector is a real beast to try and change. > Maybe the easiest way is to find a receiver/exciter boards > for 450-470MHz on ebay but unfortunately most sellers won't > ship in Canada. You might get a US Ham to help you out... it's a pain to deal with Canadian Customs but some of us would probably help you out. A few of use might also consider a receiver board trade. You of course would probably use the same exciter module as they seem to be able to properly align well through-out the 400 MHz range. > > MSR2000 model: ACC44KSB1100AT > RECEIVER: VRE4001B/38 > > 73 Eric VE2TSO > Quebec If no other solutions present themselves... Email me direct and I'll try to help you. cheers, skipp skipp025 at yahoo.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2646 - Release Date: 01/26/10 07:46:00
