[GreenKeys] RE: what is a polar relay?

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 For the life of me i can't get any of my 255A polar relays (1 ea.) to weigh in at 5 lbs.

Larry
W0OGH


  -------------- Original message from bonamod at bellsouth.net: --------------

The cost may well be 70.00 to ship to the US, the seller is located in Bohemia, 
> Czech Republic
> 
> Item weighs 5lbs, from the US to Bohemia, Czech Republic it is about 40.00 to 
> ship USPS, maybe more expensive from there end.
> Also the seller could have made a mistake in the listing, I run accross this all 
> the time and a quick email resolves this.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "amourdutigre" 
> >
> Thank you all again for the help with this. I had no idea that the landlines 
> used polar signaling. I simply thought that they blasted a make/break signal 
> with lots of voltage to compensate for the high resistance steel wires. Now it 
> > seems to make sense to me.
> > 
> As far as the relay on e-bay, I suspect that the seller is an antique dealer, 
> and often antique dealers have very little idea what an object is worth. They 
> either charge way too much for the item, or sometimes, the item is very 
> valuable, and they will sell it for far less than what it is worth. I guess that 
> anything is worth only what somene will pay for it though. As for me, I will not 
> pay $140 for that relay, with a nice $70 on top of that for shipping. (This is 
> one of my real complaints about e-pay...there are those out there that use the 
> shipping charge to up their price in a semi-stealth way. I once bought a Heath 
> SB-301 and the seller only charged me 7 dollars to ship. This guy wants 70 to 
> > ship a relay that I would dare say weighs a whole lot less than the '301 
> does.)
> > 
> > Thank you a again for the information!
> > 
> > Best and 73
> > 
> > Joe KB0TXC
> 
> 
> 
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