Re: Shipping overseas?
Make sure to write 'no lithium batteries' on it or it might get returned.
Ask me how I know...
alumni.utoronto.ca@groups.io> wrote:
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Nick Andrews
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#150723
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Re: Shipping overseas?
They used to do that, and almost needed to see receipts for camera equipment.
That seems to have stopped perhaps 10 to 15 years ago, certainly, before 2000, IIRC.
Nobody seems to enforce that, not
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Harvey White
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Well, if you send some expensive material (Moduls, HDD etc)
out of the country for repair
you need to declare it before, because this part is coming back,
and so you and the receiver don't pay any
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Heinz-Peter Deutsch
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Yes, generally.
But most countries only allow a small de minimus on posted packages.
Sometimes couriers are allowed much more before duty and taxes are charged... but they have ... sometimes
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Roy Thistle
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Re: Shipping overseas?
not exempt here.
gotta pay duty and taxes
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Roy Thistle
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Re: Shipping overseas?
I find that normally the transporter... breakex, or usless postal service... will... unless you carefully pay attention to the customs forms, declaration, and harmonized codes
... they will 'do you'
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Roy Thistle
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Re: Shipping overseas?
how come?
how do Canadians get electronics?
you can't send batteries... or maybe used stuff with batteries... but electronics... you can
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Roy Thistle
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Re: Shipping overseas?
okay, if you don't use the HS code... cause that is optional?
but, then won't the USPS post office...
or worse the German customs...
won't those guys determine what 'import code' ... or 'category'
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Roy Thistle
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Re: HP 478 A? Thermistor mounts
Thanks! The primary method of ruining a thermistor mount is to put too much
power into it. Consequently, some users keep a 10dB attenuator permanently
attached to
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Jeremy Nichols
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#150715
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Re: E5052A Power On Test (3.3V Bus Supply)
Hi Leo.
I dug out my old homebrew 10 MHz xtal oscillator and measured it with the E5052A. One of the design goals for this was to be able to use it as a low noise LO for the E5052A so I could measure
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jmr
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Re: 48-440 Hz AC power compatibility option (HP 8660B OPT 003) - acoustic noise (hum/buzz) from the unit?
David,
I worked on many 8660's and only once did I come across a buzzing power transformer.? The customer complained about it and as it did uncharacteristically buzz.? ?(no recollection if it had
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WB2UAQ
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Re: HP 478 A? Thermistor mounts
Jeremy,? Maybe Div 4 is Standford Park.? ?I think they were the cal lab the service centers (when there were about 5 or 6 of them) used.? ? ? ?I remember using the 432A/478 to test the 50 MHz
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WB2UAQ
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Package forwarders are tough to beat when it comes to small parcels. MyUS
ships 5 pounds to Germany through DHL Express with decent tracking for
$25-30. I don't know how high the cutoff value is right
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Gabor Szucs
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Thanks for all the ideas on shipping overseas, I will try some of the other definitions recommended on the custom form 1st.
I did look into a flat rate box, the cost was about $85.00 for a medium
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Gary Hitchner
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Re: HP8510C TRL Calibration
Hi jjoonthan,
In using https://scikit-rf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/vi/generated/skrf.vi.vna.hp.HP8510C.html at the line in first line in the program
vna =
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neil
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#150709
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Re: HP 3403C True RMS Voltmeter display fault
Nah...
3-phase fed 500V raw DC rectifier stage in an 8kW TWTA, PSU let go.
The flames reached the ceiling in the workshop! While the 32A wall
breaker/RCD trip failed to open.
We had a few such
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Dave_G0WBX
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#150708
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Re: Shipping overseas?
I’m not sure what German policies are, but in the US, repair/replacement parts are generally exempt. I’d assume for that reason, that some companies have different part numbers for a standalone
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Ed Marciniak
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#150707
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Well here some examples (before Trump):
If you buy in US something for 100$ & 25$ transport
and use flat rate tax rate, then the receiver in Germany must pay
import tax 22,50€
total = 22,50€
Sum
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Heinz-Peter Deutsch
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#150706
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Re: Shipping overseas?
Use USPS flat rate international box
Fill out content as "sample parts" value $10
Dont mention électronics
J
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Froggie the Gremlin
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Re: 34401A issue
No problem. Let us know what was the faulty component just in case
somebody else will have the same issue in future.
Regards,
Razvan
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Razvan Popescu
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#150704
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