[Elecraft] KPA1500 Caution

[Don Wilhelm]

The KPA1500 and its power supply are well packed.  I have unpacked and 
repacked them at several Elecraft Trade Shows, and I can vouch for the 
packing methods used.

I have said this before, and I will say it again -
I find USPS and UPS to be very good carriers, FedEx is usually OK, but 
the local deliveries using contractors often is lacking.

I have been shipping and receiving many packages since 2004.  I have 
only had one damaged that I have shipped, and that one was impaled by 
some sharp pointed object.
Of the ones I have received, a few have had minor case damage - a result 
of inadequate packaging.

If the package is packed so the equipment cannot shift in the box, it 
will not be damaged except in the event of a catastrophe.

2 inches of packing material on each side is adequate, but those newer 
large air bags are only adequate for packing lightweight items - they 
will burst with the weight on a radio.  Bubble wrap and packing peanuts 
work quite well.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/18/2018 10:56 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
> I guess we’re doing another “who’s the worst carrier” thread …
> 
> My 2 cents … I’ve never had a damaged USPS shipment (large heavy box) that wasn’t the fault of the individual that packed the box.  The same is true of UPS — although UPS was the only delivery service that rolled a large box end-over-end up the driveway, ensuring that the miserably poor packing would destroy the contents.  Sure, your precious package may get a forklift tine through it, but you can probably pick any shipper for that one.
> 
> My bet is that the KPA1500 commercial packaging it good enough that it won’t matter which carrier delivers it.
> 
> There are bad stories with all of the major delivery companies.  Everybody has at least one.  Any one of them are more than capable of ensuring you get the black bean.
> 
> Grant NQ5T
> 
>>
>> My brother's brother-in-law and my brother-in-law are both USPS retirees.  The stores they tell would cause you to wonder about anything sent via USPS.
>>
>> Just a few minutes ago I stopped at the cluster mailbox down the road to fetch my mail.  My National Geographic Magazine was folded in half and permanently creased to make room for a package stuffed in the slot.  There are keyed lock boxes in the cluster for such things but they weren't used.
>>
>> To add insult, the package wasn't even mine, but belongs to a neighbor a block away.
>>
>> Wes  N7WS
>>
>>
>>
>> Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Caution
>>>    I have never had a good experience with USPS’ handling of package deliveries, particularly heavy (expensive) ones.
>>>
>>> Gary W2CS
> 
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