More inept governmental garbage. I rarely buy surplus anymore, but when I do, it all gets broken down into parts/assemblies for spares and all markings are removed and it goes into scrap mode. Occasionally, I have to build up something from parts on hand, which can be fun... Come to think of it; I haven't received any emails from gov auction sites in a while, have some gone out of business?
----- Original Message ----- From: "John May" <j...@impulse.adsl24.co.uk> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:47:43 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [time-nuts] US ebay sellers who won't ship outside the US But it makes you glad you're an engineer rather than a pointy haired bureaucrat! That incident reads like a Dilbert comic strip. Pete Lancashire wrote: > When I was at Tek in the 80's I received some assembles from a > company in China to check out for component issues. I was denied > their return due to some parts being on the list .. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On >> Behalf Of Poul-Henning Kamp >> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:40 PM >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] US ebay sellers who won't ship outside the US >> >> In message <c6848687.91d9%james.p....@jpl.nasa.gov>, "Lux, James P (337C)" >> writ >> es: >> >>> ITAR and EAR are complex and[...] >> Actually, the Vasenaar Convention made all that a lot simpler. >> >> >> --- >> Not that much simpler.. >> You still have the Basic List and Munitions list, and the terms on the >> list are vague enough that there's a lot of room for interpretation. Start >> fooling with software defined radios that do things like automatically >> identify the type of modulation, and you're right into dual-use territory. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.