[Hallicrafters] Article on shipping?

[Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF]

All of this is in the archives of several lists I admin. Naturally some editing
would be in order. Perhaps I should do it and put it on the HCI web site?		
	
However, knowing how is only part of the problem.	
	
It takes a lot of work to properly pack an item for transit. The amount of work
increases as the weight of said item increases. For instance, it take sme nearly
one hour to pack an item weighing twenty pounds. I have the special boxes with
the proper burst strength here, but I have to gather the materials up, build the
two boxes and then set about wrapping and packing. Most who do this will not
spend the time required to do the job right. Additionally, most of the buyers
will not pay what it costs to properly pack an item to ship it. Even if the
shipper does the work free, other than materials, they still refuse. It has
never made any sense to me why a person would pay $300 for a radio, or whatever,
and balk at spending $20 to properly pack his investment. But it happens many
times, every day.	
	
Gentleman, should I write the article being suggested and make it a permanent
part of the HCI web site for anyone to review as needed?  	
	
Duane W8DBF	

	

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From: ARDUJENSKI at aol.com
To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Article on shipping?
Date: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:16 AM

With all the talent on this list I would love to see a few of you get  
together and write an article for publication (QST? CQ?, etc) on how to properly
 
pack radio equipment for shipping. There sare still too many folks that THINK  
they know how to pack and I have gotten several of these ill prepared  units.
 
An advantage would be that in getting something shipped you could refer to  
METHOD such and such so both parties knew what to expect. From simple  
lightweight boxes, when to remove tubes, when a wood crate would be appropriate,
 best 
packing materials, etc.  

Alan  KB7MBI
Woodinville, WA
Member ARRL / ARS / FISTS /  NAQCC

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