Thanks a lot for the links. I have printed out all the relevant information and will take it with me to UPS when it's time to ship. This should avoid any potential hassles.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Hal Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] For Sale - HP 5061B Cesium > > > HP has a shipping exemption for their standards. I don't know what > > one needs to do to take advantage of it. In the general case, you > > can't ship caesium, but the HP stuff is - as noted - small and > > sealed, and they jumped through the hoops. > > Thanks for the heads up. > > > http://www.agilent.com/metrology/hazardous.shtml > > There is a link near the bottom (long URL so I won't bother copying it) > titled: > 5071A Shipping Instructions > > It says: > Instructions for Older CBTs tells how to label a caesium beam tube that > does not have the required marking for shipping when using these > instructions. This applies to any tube manufactured prior to November 2001, > including tubes inside the Agilent 5061A/B and 5071A. > http://www.home.agilent.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/EPSG088876.pdf > > It says: > When shipping a 5071A or a replacement CBT in accordance with IATA > international DG rules, check the instrument for the above marking. If the > marking is present (visible through the cover perforation), follow the IATA > international shipping instruction given elsewhere in this website. If the > marking is missing, order Label P/N 05071-80030 from Agilent or download from > this website. Affix it to the CBT as shown. Follow the shipping instruction > referenced above. > > > > -- > The suespammers.org mail server is located in California. So are all my > other mailboxes. Please do not send unsolicited bulk e-mail or unsolicited > commercial e-mail to my suespammers.org address or any of my other addresses. > These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
