[GreenKeys] RE: what is a polar relay?

[bonamod at bellsouth.net]

  Well my calcs my be off, the seller say the item weighs 1980grams I think that works out to be about 4.3 lbs or such, I just rounded it up with packaging.  

The ebay item is 300254939225	


-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: TELEGRAPHER at att.net
>
> 
>  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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