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I hope you and yours have a great Thanksgiving…you included, Peter.

Ev W6ABM

Everett Curry W6ABM

"A" Sorter - Sixth District QSL Bureau

Former Section Manager/Oregon
ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio?

Phone: (503) 522-7142
Email: ?w6abm@...
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#648

Tks for Thanksgiving wishes. Hope everyone had a good time dissecting a turkey or other fowl, or some variety of land-beast at the table. Just think, if Benjamin Franklin had gotten his way we (in the US) would have been dining on the National Bird! (eagles, bald or otherwise, ?would still be in short supply.)

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Ev, deposit check "should" get into today's mail, barring other obligations handed down by Lynn.

?

News of the moment/day/week/whatever: A new shoulder gets installed on February 13th. My valentine to myself? 2 weeks mostly immobile right arm followed by another 4 weeks of graduating levels of pain induced by the PT folks. Then just the "normal" progression of exercises so I should be fairly chipper and raring-to-go by July.

?

Still mostly antenna-less here, just a "random" wire out my office window that is probably on a par with the AX-1. Got to change that as soon as the temp's get back into the 40's (?F) now that the leaves are off the trees and on the ground. I have a vertical to put up too once the leaf-litter is out of the way so I can put out a few radials.

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Joe, I'll be boxing up the K2 to send back to you shortly. Without the internal ATU it just isn't viable for me and my "normal" antenna situation both here and in the field. I'd bring it up to PE but with tariffs with Canada a possibility from our "controller-elect" and his minions, the border situation involving "goods" may get sticky to say the least. Bringing something "in" and not taking the same thing "out" again may cause problems involving lots of paperwork and/or $$. Oh well, always something to entertain us and make for good story-telling later on.

?

72/73,

Mac/WT4BT

#649

I don't think crossing and re-crossing the border will be an issue.? However, you can stop at the US station at the border and declare the equipment (they'll write down the serial numbers on a form, so take the gear in with you).? When you return the US folks will recognize the form and it's no issue.? I didn't do any of this last trip.? I think cameras and computers would be involved too.

Tourism equals US $.? I don't think any tariff games will cause Canadians to create "open season" on tourists.? Our new president will have been in office six months so any transition noise will be done.

The last time I told the Canada side I was going to PEI for my hobby, Amateur Radio, and they didn't seem to know what I was talking about.? Next trip I'll just say "pleasure and lobster."

You can download the Arrive Canada App on your phone (also sign up on computer and complete basic information). Then, complete your filing within 72 hours of your border crossing.??

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On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 7:12?AM Mac - WT4BT via <wt4bt=[email protected]> wrote:

Tks for Thanksgiving wishes. Hope everyone had a good time dissecting a turkey or other fowl, or some variety of land-beast at the table. Just think, if Benjamin Franklin had gotten his way we (in the US) would have been dining on the National Bird! (eagles, bald or otherwise, ?would still be in short supply.)

?

Ev, deposit check "should" get into today's mail, barring other obligations handed down by Lynn.

?

News of the moment/day/week/whatever: A new shoulder gets installed on February 13th. My valentine to myself? 2 weeks mostly immobile right arm followed by another 4 weeks of graduating levels of pain induced by the PT folks. Then just the "normal" progression of exercises so I should be fairly chipper and raring-to-go by July.

?

Still mostly antenna-less here, just a "random" wire out my office window that is probably on a par with the AX-1. Got to change that as soon as the temp's get back into the 40's (?F) now that the leaves are off the trees and on the ground. I have a vertical to put up too once the leaf-litter is out of the way so I can put out a few radials.

?

Joe, I'll be boxing up the K2 to send back to you shortly. Without the internal ATU it just isn't viable for me and my "normal" antenna situation both here and in the field. I'd bring it up to PE but with tariffs with Canada a possibility from our "controller-elect" and his minions, the border situation involving "goods" may get sticky to say the least. Bringing something "in" and not taking the same thing "out" again may cause problems involving lots of paperwork and/or $$. Oh well, always something to entertain us and make for good story-telling later on.

?

72/73,

Mac/WT4BT

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Everett Curry W6ABM

"A" Sorter - Sixth District QSL Bureau

Former Section Manager/Oregon
ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio?

Phone: (503) 522-7142
Email: ?w6abm@...
__________________

Think about this:

63.74% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

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Ev, the problem is when one brings in some equipment (the K2 as example) and does not depart with that same equipment ?I hand it over to Joe). Did I sell it in Canada? Did Joe buy it in there?

At the very least it would likely cause one, or both, of us to spend some quality time with the CBP folks and maybe the fine Canadian folks as well.

Tariffs just bring heightened scrutiny to the process.

And yes, I’ve used that form (or some version thereof) several times in the past when crossing with a load of camera gear.

Mac

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On Dec 5, 2024, at 10:46?AM, W6ABM via groups.io <arsw6abm@...> wrote:

I don't think crossing and re-crossing the border will be an issue.? However, you can stop at the US station at the border and declare the equipment (they'll write down the serial numbers on a form, so take the gear in with you).? When you return the US folks will recognize the form and it's no issue.? I didn't do any of this last trip.? I think cameras and computers would be involved too.

Tourism equals US $.? I don't think any tariff games will cause Canadians to create "open season" on tourists.? Our new president will have been in office six months so any transition noise will be done.

The last time I told the Canada side I was going to PEI for my hobby, Amateur Radio, and they didn't seem to know what I was talking about.? Next trip I'll just say "pleasure and lobster."

You can download the Arrive Canada App on your phone (also sign up on computer and complete basic information). Then, complete your filing within 72 hours of your border crossing.??

On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 7:12?AM Mac - WT4BT via <wt4bt=[email protected]> wrote:
Tks for Thanksgiving wishes. Hope everyone had a good time dissecting a turkey or other fowl, or some variety of land-beast at the table. Just think, if Benjamin Franklin had gotten his way we (in the US) would have been dining on the National Bird! (eagles, bald or otherwise, ?would still be in short supply.)

?

Ev, deposit check "should" get into today's mail, barring other obligations handed down by Lynn.

?

News of the moment/day/week/whatever: A new shoulder gets installed on February 13th. My valentine to myself? 2 weeks mostly immobile right arm followed by another 4 weeks of graduating levels of pain induced by the PT folks. Then just the "normal" progression of exercises so I should be fairly chipper and raring-to-go by July.

?

Still mostly antenna-less here, just a "random" wire out my office window that is probably on a par with the AX-1. Got to change that as soon as the temp's get back into the 40's (?F) now that the leaves are off the trees and on the ground. I have a vertical to put up too once the leaf-litter is out of the way so I can put out a few radials.

?

Joe, I'll be boxing up the K2 to send back to you shortly. Without the internal ATU it just isn't viable for me and my "normal" antenna situation both here and in the field. I'd bring it up to PE but with tariffs with Canada a possibility from our "controller-elect" and his minions, the border situation involving "goods" may get sticky to say the least. Bringing something "in" and not taking the same thing "out" again may cause problems involving lots of paperwork and/or $$. Oh well, always something to entertain us and make for good story-telling later on.

?

72/73,

Mac/WT4BT

--
Everett Curry W6ABM
"A" Sorter - Sixth District QSL Bureau

Former Section Manager/Oregon
ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio?

Phone: (503) 522-7142
Email: ?w6abm@...
__________________

Think about this:

63.74% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

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