[Milsurplus] International Buying

[wf2u at ws19ops.com]

Interesting...

4 years ago I bought a Wireless Set 58 from Canada and it arrived with  
no problems. Go figure...

I never experienced any customs hassle when importing any  
military/marine/high end commercial  
receivers/transmitters/transceivers (all "hollow state") from  
anywhere. As long as the manifest is credible and reflects the nature  
of the stuff (vintage, collectors item etc...) no problem and of  
course no import duty below the value of $1000 or so - if I remember  
correctly - of personal imports.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


Quoting "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>:

> I forgot to mention as an aside earlier that after 9/11 I did have some
> trouble with buying a WS 58 set from Canada. I think it might have been an
> overreaction to the radioactive dial markings on the set. It just
> completely disappeared...  likely into some Indiana Jones like government
> warehouse.  :=))
>
> -John
>
> ===============
>
>
>> I bought stuff from Singapore and China with no issues.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>> On May 11, 2009, at 12:14 PM, Al Klase <al at ar88.net> wrote:
>>
>>> What are peoples experience with buying mil surplus from places like
>>> Cyprus or Israel?  In particular, what sort of customs hassle should I
>>> expect on my end?  Does it get prohibitively expensive to make
>>> onesy-twosey deals?  Case in point is a EMCU 12 to 24-volt converter.
>>> Anybody have one here?
>>>
>>> Al
>
>
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