Its not just for ham equipment, its
everything! There was no DUTY on my spray gun,
just federal sales tax (GST 5%) and provincial
sales tax (7.5%). Canada Post had an $8 handling
fee. I gladly paid the $20 at the door.
Ian
VA2IR
At 03:23 PM 1/26/2010, you wrote:
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: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:25 PM
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[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
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