[Milsurplus] RAK RAL Shipping

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi David,

My hope is to find one within a day drive (and overnight in a motel). 
That drive is not free either but I can use it as an excuse to visit 
some of my kin so it would be a multi-purpose trip. I got my RAK three 
miles from home about 30 years ago. I have been looking (off and on) for 
a RAL since. Three of them came up on the radar within a one day round 
trip and all three of those deals feel through. I was willing to pay the 
price and go pick them up. When local pickup was mentioned the potential 
seller vanished! Scam?

I have a working Heathkit Apache that looks petty too. It is just too 
big and heavy to pack and ship anywhere. I will probably use it from 
time to time and after my estate sale it will be sent to the scrap yard. 
It just is what it is. I prefer to use the DX-100 with it's 160 meter band.

I recently bought a "spares" box for my RAK-7 (less spares) and the 
shipping on that was painful enough. I can't imagine buying a distant 
RAL (or Apache). The only real possibility is that hardware company that 
has been mentioned in the lists recently. Th nearest one to me is only 
140 miles away.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 12/26/2017 04:51 PM, David Stinson wrote:
> Honestly, are many of us willing to pay the
> shipping it would take to send a reasonable RAK or
> RAL across country today?  Think about it before
> you say "yes."
> An RAL weighs 69 lbs; it cannot be shipped by
> USPS.
> A 75 lb package, 24x24x24 inches via UPS Ground
> from Dallas to Las Vegas would cost $110.
> And given the expense of shipping, how would that
> affect the value you'd place on purchasing one?
> Granted- you can get money, and you can't get an
> RAL at WalMart.  But would you?
>
>
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