[Hallicrafters] Help needed to ship an antenna to Russia

[Howard Weeks]

Check with an air cargo forwarder - they are usually located around the
bigger airports.
They ship just about anything all over the world by air freight.  Size or
weight is not that big
a deal with them.

Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at verizon.net>
To: "William L Howard" <wlhoward at verizon.net>
Cc: <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Help needed to ship an antenna to Russia


> On 8 Mar 2006 at 19:04, William L Howard wrote:
>
> > I recently got a Cushcraft antenna for a friend in Russia. I am now
> > told that the post office will only accept packages 42 inches long for
> > overseas shipment. The small rods of the antenna are 49 inches. The
> > longest base part is 63 inches.
>
> I had the same problem when I sold a airplane "football" loop to a
> Polish gentleman for use in the restoration of a Polish B-24 that
> was shot down during an especially dangerous mission during
> WWII.
>
> >
> > Does anyone know of a way to get this antenna shipped to Russia?
>
> After some communications between myself and the buyer, we
> contacted the Polish Embassy in Washington D.C. One of the
> officials there arranged to get it shipped to Poland through their
> services, possibly in a "diplomatic pouch".
>
> >  UPS
> > will take it at a cost of $800+ dollars so that is out of the
> > question.
>
> Yes. It would have cost well over $600 to ship this loop via FedEx
> or UPS, which weighed all of about 20 lbs. all because it was
> "oversize".
>
> >
> > Is anyone planning a trip to Europe in the near future who would be
> > willing to carry the antenna along with them?
>
> That might be a good way to do it. I would imagine that if you
> contacted the Russian Embassy without first informing the U.S.
> Gummint someway, it might look bad for you sometime in the
> future...then again, it might not.
>
> Still, if it was me, I think I might ask someone who might know
> more about it than I do before I did that. Or perhaps you could have
> the fellow on the other end contact them for you. Actually, "for
> himself".
>
> In any case, my loop got to the Polish Museum crew and they were
> very grateful for it.
>
> The official at the Polish Embassy later sent me an extremely
> interesting book on Polish fighter pilots who flew for the RAF during
> WWII, for which I was very grateful. The book is absolutely
> fascinating.
>
> Ken Gordon W7EKB
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