[Hallicrafters]V14#5- Packing & Relaying BAs

[Phil Barnes-Roberts]

At 04:00 AM 3/3/05 -0500, hallicrafters-request at mailman.qth.net juggled the 
keys to produce...
>From: W4AWM at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: Packing a Radio the Right Way
{snip}
><<  Maybe we need a new Radio Relay League. One that ferries radios
>cross-country in relays  >>
>
>This is not a half bad idea. I would sooner give someone some gas money in
>exchange for the safe arrival of a piece of gear than entrust it to "Joe 
>Blow's
>Shipping and Disaster Company."
>
>Folks making a trip could post their starting point, route and destination.
>Anyone needing gear moved could contact them an see if they would be 
>willing to
>pick it up and deliver it along the way. It would help if shippers and
>receivers could arrange to meet the "trucker" at a convenient point so 
>they would
>not have to deviate far from their route and wast time trying to find an 
>address
>in a strange location.
>
>Think about it, it could be a great service for all involved.
>
>73,
>
>John,  W4AWM

Aside from the follow-on post to this one about the trucker scam, this 
subject came up just yesterday on the local 2m repeater.  One of our locals 
had a call from his mom about a Hammarlund SP-600 that needed to be removed 
from the old homestead, and another suggested Back Seat (with seatbelt) as 
the safest transfer method, to avoid all the detailed work of removing, 
marking and packing tubes and blocking heavy transformers (mounted on light 
aluminum chassis), etc. etc.  You (as driver) are then in control of, and 
aware of, any jouncing your prize gets along the way.

My XYL the excellent Donna KE6PNC reminded me of shipping bulky items 
(furniture comes to mind) by Greyhound.  I'd still want it packed right, 
but it goes onto one bus in the under-storage at origin, and comes off that 
same bus at destination (assuming no transfers enroute.)  Meet it at the 
station.  And probably one of the less expensive modes, compared to UPS, 
FedEx, DHL etc.  And is there still rail-freight for heavies?

Just a random neuron-firing, and yet another way to get it there.  But 
don't pack and ship yourself airfreight; you may not be in a  pressurized 
cabin all the way! :-O !


73, Phil Barnes-Roberts WA6DZS < Mailto:pbarnrob at acm dot org >
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