[Elecraft] Upgrading the Shack

[Walter Underwood]

I don’t see how the delivery companies are keeping up. Parcel volume doubled in four years and I expect it has been going at that rate for a decade or more. I’m not at all surprised that they have problems. This article says that carriers shipped 2,760 parcels per second in 2018 worldwide.

https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/parcels-per-capita-revenue-e-commerce/564680/

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> On Dec 25, 2019, at 2:19 PM, Nr4c <nr4c at widomaker.com> wrote:
> 
> Is this “white truck” vs “brown truck” match ever going to end?  There many horror stories abound on both sides. But none really “prove” anything. Both have their ups and downs. 
> 
> It’s Christmas, give it a break. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
> 
> 
>> On Dec 25, 2019, at 2:03 PM, Tox <scott.small at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Ha!
>> 
>> I have vivid memories of a $100k rackmount computer UPS dropped (on a
>> pallet) from high enough the computer ended up 2" shorter and had to be
>> scrapped by the vendor.
>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019, 10:35 AM richard gilley <richgilley123 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> When my Concept 2 rower was dropped off damaged; I was told by UPS that if
>>> a heavy item is not shipped Freight it will be damaged.  The why is,
>>> regular shipping is handled by hand thus gets damaged, freight is by pallet
>>> and fork lift.
>>> AD1G
>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 25, 2019, at 11:58, Mike VE3YF <mike at ve3yf.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Joe:
>>>> 
>>>> I think all the courier services have gone downhill. They have us where
>>> they want and not much we can really do.
>>>> 
>>>> Merry Christmas Joe.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> *73 De Mike*
>>>> *VE3YF
>>>> 
>>>> _/http://www.ve3yf.com/_*
>>>> 
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