Re: eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA?
Yes, I live in Ohio and every internet purchase now includes Sales TAX and ebay charges it on everything. I would debate international items being charged as that make ebay the taxing authority for companies not legally required to collect state sales tax but that’s’ another argument. ? Sandra ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of george edmonds via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 6:11 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA? ? Hi David
Some US states charge a sales tax which eBay collects for them.
George G6HIG On Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 10:43:54 BST, Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd <drkirkby@...> wrote: I sold a VNA calibration kit on eBay. I'm based in the UK, and the cal kit is to be delivered to the USA. The cost was
?559.00 GBP cal kit ?35 carriage
?37.12 GBP TAX
?631.12 GBP Total What I can't work out, is why eBay are charging TAX. The PayPal transaction shows this as VAT, but since the item is going outside the EU, no VAT should be charged. Also VAT is 20% here, not 6.6%. So I am puzzled why eBay has charged the customer more, increased my PayPal costs, then doing "something" with the TAX they have collected. As far as I can tell, they have no reason to be charging any TAX. Dr David Kirkby Ph.D C.Eng MIET
Email: drkirkby@... Web:
Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100 / +44 1621-680100)
Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT.
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Re: eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA?
Hi David
Some US states charge a sales tax which eBay collects for them.
George G6HIG
I must have sold 100's of VNA cal kits to the USA, and don't recall seeing this before. I guess I am going to need to indicate on the box that this has been paid, but I've no idea of the correct way to do that. I guess I will itemise the Commercial Invoice, add a copy of the PayPal invoice, and hope for the best.
Dave
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Re: eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA?
Hi David
Some US states charge a sales tax which eBay collects for them.
George G6HIG
On Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 10:43:54 BST, Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd <drkirkby@...> wrote:
I sold a VNA calibration kit on eBay. I'm based in the UK, and the cal kit is to be delivered to the USA. The cost was
?559.00 GBP cal kit
?35 carriage
?37.12 GBP TAX
?631.12 GBP Total
What I can't work out, is why eBay are charging TAX. The PayPal transaction shows this as VAT, but since the item is going outside the EU, no VAT should be charged. Also VAT is 20% here, not 6.6%. So I am puzzled why eBay has charged the customer more, increased my PayPal costs, then doing "something" with the TAX they have collected. As far as I can tell, they have no reason to be charging any TAX.
Dr David Kirkby Ph.D C.Eng MIET Email: drkirkby@... Web: Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100 / +44 1621-680100)
Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT.
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Re: HP 83620A Low-Band Module A24 - 5086-7463
Hello Martin I followed your problem on the 83620a and I am wondering if you ever solved the lowband issue. I have a 83630L comming and There is no low band it seems like it rolls off from 2Ghz and down.
I do also see holes in the response in the GHz range
best regards Peter OZ1LPR
Hi Scott,
thanks for your comments.
Unfortunately, it will be probably more expensive to ship the unit from Europe to the US and back for a professional repair, than to replace the complete 83620 locally.
The Module A24s only purpose is to generate the frequencies under 2 GHz, so for Opt. H03, it probably would just be left out. A24 basically looks like a metal brick with some connectors.
It's quite self-contained except LO, RF, Mod in/out and some control-port. As far as I know, it can be replaced without performing an excessive new cal.
So an easy replace, if the module is working.... :)
I guess, I will open the module during my free time on Christmas (hoping not to kill it completely) and check for "obvious" errors. No power is at least something that's easy to trace with an "RF-glowstick" like the 11096B.
Let's hope it is not some funny effect inside a PLL.
BR and 73s,
Martin
Am Mo., 17. Dez. 2018 um 16:15?Uhr schrieb Scott McGrath < scott@...>:
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Another quick thought
Both the 83620’s and the 8340’s came with a H03 option which limited the low end to 2 Ghz,? ? I’ve never found any documents on what that option did besides limit low end.
Since you have no output/errors below 2ghz you may have a module from a H03 instrument.
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eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA?
I sold a VNA calibration kit on eBay. I'm based in the UK, and the cal kit is to be delivered to the USA. The cost was
?559.00 GBP cal kit
?35 carriage
?37.12 GBP TAX
?631.12 GBP Total
What I can't work out, is why eBay are charging TAX. The PayPal transaction shows this as VAT, but since the item is going outside the EU, no VAT should be charged. Also VAT is 20% here, not 6.6%. So I am puzzled why eBay has charged the customer more, increased my PayPal costs, then doing "something" with the TAX they have collected. As far as I can tell, they have no reason to be charging any TAX.
Dr David Kirkby Ph.D C.Eng MIET Email: drkirkby@... Web: Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100 / +44 1621-680100)
Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT.
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Re: WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron
Harwell was my place of work for 47 years, so I definitely have a connection to that.? Decatrons were widely used for nucleonic counting. ? I also used to have a PDP8 here in the shack.? A 'straight-8', that is not PDP8I or E, just PDP8.? With its 13 cooling fans, it certainly kept the shack warm.? In 1999 I presented it to the BP museum, long before all the changes there.? Although not on display, it is currently in storage.? Last year we had another trip there and I presented them with a lot more of the documentation that I had acquired. ? A truly amazing place. ? 73, Mike, Mike Stevens, G8CUL/M0CUL/F4VRB. ?
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From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Pete_G4GJL
Sent: 21 October 2020 08:40
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron? The Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing at Harwell. What a magnificent beast. It used to be in the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry. I spent more hours than I should?have browsing in there as I worked next door in Telephone House, Newhall Street!
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Re: WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron
The Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing at Harwell. What a magnificent beast.
It used to be in the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry. I spent more hours than I should?have browsing in there as I worked next door in Telephone House, Newhall Street!
Pete G4GJL
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Re: WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron
On 21/10/20 00:47, Dean Davidson via groups.io wrote: I visited in 2016 - it still works. Most impressive!
Web page:
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Well worth a visit to TNMOC - it also has the working Colossus.
To keep it on topic, they were using HP logic analysers for
maintenance. It is impressive, more so than the standard Bletchley Park museum next door. TNMoC is staffed by people like us, some of whom are more than willing to whip out the schematics and discuss how the machines work :) That's my kind of museum!
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If the BIOS sees the disk, but does not try to boot from it,? it must me something with the boot partition not being active.
On older DOS fdisk.exe versions there was a fdisk /MBR option, if I remember correctly.
There are also other tools to activate the partition you want to boot from, using a pc with the disk in question as a second disk connected.
Leo
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Re: WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron
Hi Peter
Look on the internet for "Ericsson-Databook.zip, ?Good chapter on Dekatrons and how to drive them.
George G6HIG Dover UK
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I don't believe this scope has a network card; it's probably on the Motherboard.
In any case, how do I access/change the network BIOS?
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The PXE boot isn’t in the regular BIOS, it is in the network card BIOS. ? David ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bostonman
Sent: 21 October 2020 01:07
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Agilent 54831M ? I'm totally lost.
I've looked through the BIOS numerous times and I can't find a single thing related to PXE or network booting. I also removed (and replaced) the CR2032 battery thus resetting the whole BIOS to default.
Also, I've tried three drives (the original, a 3.5", and a SATA) along with the original image on the original hard drive and the original image the previous owner sent to me that he had.
Is there a possibility the Motherboard is toast even though it sees the hard drive in BIOS?
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I'm totally lost.
I've looked through the BIOS numerous times and I can't find a single thing related to PXE or network booting. I also removed (and replaced) the CR2032 battery thus resetting the whole BIOS to default.
Also, I've tried three drives (the original, a 3.5", and a SATA) along with the original image on the original hard drive and the original image the previous owner sent to me that he had.
Is there a possibility the Motherboard is toast even though it sees the hard drive in BIOS?
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Re: WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron
I agree about the time needed. I went for a day a couple of years ago
- it is absolutely on my agenda the next time I get back to UK.
Cheers!
Bruce
Quoting "Dean Davidson via groups.io" <dean@...>:
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Dekatrons.
The UK The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park
has restored the Witch Dekatron computer.
It uses a lot of Dekatrons!
"the stores – nine boxes each containing 80 Dekatrons and associated
components."
That is 720 Dekatrons!
I visited in 2016 - it still works. Most impressive!
Web page:
<>
Well worth a visit to TNMOC - it also has the working Colossus.
To keep it on topic, they were using HP logic analysers for
maintenance.
Bletchley Park of course is famous for WW2 code breaking.
You can see Enigmas, Bombes etc.
A pleasant train ride from London but ...
after one days visit you will find that you
need at least another day.
Dean
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Re: WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron
Dekatrons.
The UK The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park has restored the Witch Dekatron computer.
It uses a lot of Dekatrons!
"the stores – nine boxes each containing 80 Dekatrons and associated
components."
That is 720 Dekatrons!
I visited in 2016 - it still works. Most impressive!
Web page:
<>
Well worth a visit to TNMOC - it also has the working Colossus.
To keep it on topic, they were using HP logic analysers for
maintenance.
Bletchley Park of course is famous for WW2 code breaking.
You can see Enigmas, Bombes etc.
A pleasant train ride from London but ...
after one days visit you will find that you
need at least another day.
Dean
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Re: WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron
First and last use of decatrons i've seen was ca 1963 in a "Berkley EPUT Meter" (events per unit time) counter
Jim
On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 9:35:15 AM PDT, Jeff Kruth via groups.io <kmec@...> wrote:
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Back in the day: Baird Atomic made radiation counters that used Dekatrons and other odd "ring counter" tubes for display. These are late 1950's stuff. Probably in the scrap heap by now, but you never know. If you find one. the circuitry as well as the tubes would be of interest to you.
I used to have all this stuff, sigh, cant keep everything....
Regards,
Jeff Kruth
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In a message dated 10/20/2020 10:26:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, bunge.pjp@... writes:
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Thanks Wilco;
The first two are Nixie. Are the others classed as Dekatrons? Is Dekatron a trade name or descriptive like Triode?
The Dekatrons I have seen just have pins that light and the numerals are on the front panel,?like the photo below (from Ebay).
Your collection is obviously not for sale.
Does anyone have a schematic of how to drive Dekatrons?
I apologize for this being a bit off topic but there are instruments that use all these kinds of displays.
The other photo is of a digital tachometer using Numitrons (RCA DR2000) in our '61 Corvair, featured in Radio Electronics.
Peter
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On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 9:25 AM Wilko Bulte < wkb@...> wrote: Pictures.. pictures.. I just walked over to my "rarities display" ?
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Thanks for that but I already have the service and instruction manuals.
I'm looking for the service notes that detail how to modify the equipment to improve safety, reliability, functionality etc or rectify design issues that were discovered after the product was released and the like.
I have used this link below for newer equipment, but it unfortunately doesn't work for older gear.
https://servicenotes.literature.keysight.com/litapp/SearchSN.do?method=openExternalSNSearch
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Re: WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron
?
Back in the day: Baird Atomic made radiation counters that used Dekatrons and other odd "ring counter" tubes for display. These are late 1950's stuff. Probably in the scrap heap by now, but you never know. If you find one. the circuitry as well as the tubes would be of interest to you.
I used to have all this stuff, sigh, cant keep everything....
Regards,
Jeff Kruth
?
In a message dated 10/20/2020 10:26:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, bunge.pjp@... writes:
?
Thanks Wilco;
The first two are Nixie. Are the others classed as Dekatrons? Is Dekatron a trade name or descriptive like Triode?
The Dekatrons I have seen just have pins that light and the numerals are on the front panel,?like the photo below (from Ebay).
Your collection is obviously not for sale.
Does anyone have a schematic of how to drive Dekatrons?
I apologize for this being a bit off topic but there are instruments that use all these kinds of displays.
The other photo is of a digital tachometer using Numitrons (RCA DR2000) in our '61 Corvair, featured in Radio Electronics.
Peter
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On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 9:25 AM Wilko Bulte < wkb@...> wrote: Pictures.. pictures.. I just walked over to my "rarities display" ?
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Re: WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron
Thanks Ed; I had not realized that but did see that the cheaper ones only display symbols, not numbers. Thanks everyone else that has replied. I am keeping other replies off line unless I think there is value to this group, like this post.
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 11:19 AM k1ggi < k1ggi@...> wrote:
Be a little careful with the aesthetics of
some modern (Russian?) nixies.
One electrode has been crafted to serve as
both the 2 and 5, so they both look bad compared to real nixies.
An example of IN-12 off ebay.
Ed, k1ggi
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I would like to buy a selection of Dekatron, Nixie, and Numitrom tubes
for my antiques collection.
Dekatron had a ring of neon pins and were mounted with numbers opposite them.
They would increment with pulses. I'm not sure if they could be set to a
specific number or if they only counted forward and backward.
Nixie had number shaped cathodes stacked and any number could be lit. They come
in side and end view.
Numitron tubes had incandecent wires arranged in seven segments to form any
number. They came in round side viewed and DIP packages.
I would prefer to buy a selection because of the shipping cost.
I see a lot for sale from Russia
and Ukraine
but can they be depended on? I suppose Ebay has protection but shipping times
are so long that it may not be possible to claim.?
Please reply off line. Shipping to Ontario,
Canada.
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Re: WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron
I have purchased a lot of older tubes from Ukraine and Russia without problems. Never had any break and one was a monster triode transmitting tube probably 16 inches tall and at least 8 inches in diameter at the widest place. Surprisingly they arrive fairly quicky. I think the longest was like 3 weeks. Actually, some items from the States take three weeks depending on carrier and seller. Regards – Mike ? Mike B. Feher, N4FS 89 Arnold Blvd. Howell NJ 07731 848-245-9115 ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of k1ggi
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] WTB Nixie, Dekatron, Numitron? Be a little careful with the aesthetics of some modern (Russian?) nixies. One electrode has been crafted to serve as both the 2 and 5, so they both look bad compared to real nixies. An example of IN-12 off ebay. Ed, k1ggi ? 
? ? ? I would like to buy a selection of Dekatron, Nixie, and Numitrom tubes for my antiques collection.
Dekatron had a ring of neon pins and were mounted with numbers opposite them. They would increment with pulses. I'm not sure if they could be set to a specific number or if they only counted forward and backward.
Nixie had number shaped cathodes stacked and any number could be lit. They come in side and end view.
Numitron tubes had incandecent wires arranged in seven segments to form any number. They came in round side viewed and DIP packages.
I would prefer to buy a selection because of the shipping cost.
I see a lot for sale from Russia and Ukraine but can they be depended on? I suppose Ebay has protection but shipping times are so long that it may not be possible to claim.?
Please reply off line. Shipping to Ontario, Canada.
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Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd
Pete_G4GJL
David C. Partridge
jim
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