[R-390] FastPack Box

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

Having shipped a few radios to various parts of the world - one thing to watch out for is max outer dimensions.
Depending on who you ship with (and where to) the rules vary a bit. One fairly typical rule is to add up the dimensions
and they need to come out under a magic number. For UPS it’s length (longest dim) + 2X width + 2X height must be less 
than 165 inches. It looks like FedEx now is the same (they didn’t used to be). DHL is happy if you are under 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.5 
meters ( !!!! )

If you are going to ship the power supply *in* the radio, forget about sponge rubber (= flexible) foam. It simply isn’t up to 
the task. Some sort of rigid foam needs to be used. Foam in place is one way to go. The foam insulating boards from 
the big box stores work. Fair Radio used to use rolled up (as opposed to crushed) newspaper.

Bob


> On Feb 26, 2019, at 11:31 AM, Don Reaves <donreaves at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In 2003, I sold an R-389 to a collector in Spain;  he had me ship it to
> Rick Mish of Miltronix for refurb before Rick shipped it on to Spain.  Rick
> sent me one of his reusable FastPack boxes for shipping to Ohio.  The fast
> pack was a double wall box with glued in 2 inch thick foam panels sized
> exactly for the R-390 series receivers.  That was the inner box, the outer
> box was a recycled Pitney Bowes machine box, again double walled, with
> panels of white foam to surround the inner box.   This totaled up to be 115
> pounds.  In 2003, that cost $98.76 to ship from my QTH to Rick's by UPS.
> Today that shipping cost might approach a down payment on your own Boeing
> 747 freighter.
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