I hope you insured the package Bob.
Best regards - Bry Carling
> On Aug 5, 2014, at 12:02 PM, art N4UC <n4uc@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sounds like a good excuse to make a trip to S. Fla. After all you don't want
> to trust any shippers to get them back to you, do you?
>
>> From: RMcGraw@Blomand.net
>> To: TenTec_Eagle@yahoogroups.com; tentec@contesting.com
>> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 21:09:10 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] [TenTec_Eagle] Re: Why is Eagle #2 on order?
>>
>> Well the real crux of the story. There's 2 parts, of which this is the 2nd
>> part.
>>
>> Yes I shipped the Eagle 599 and manual to a friend in FL. Later that
>> evening while trying to answer a question on one of the reflectors about the
>> Omni VII, I reached for the manual and guess what? I discovered the Omni
>> VII 588 manual was not present and thus I shipped it with the Eagle and the
>> Eagle 599 manual was on the shelf. I have all of my manuals in white three
>> ring binders with custom covers and spine labels.
>>
>> Now the fact that I shipped the manual in error was bad enough, but that was
>> not the concern. I can loose the radio and replace it. However my manuals
>> have information and my personal test data, alignment procedures, along
>> with my notes pertaining to my activities as a beta test person for Tentec.
>> That frankly is information that I do not want to loose. And then, to make
>> matters worse, I get the message from my friend that the radio package did
>> not arrive. In the mean time I did send the Eagle 599 manual to him by
>> USPS. So now I have neither manual and the radio package appears to be
>> lost.
>>
>> Talk about being snake bit on this deal. Man I felt as though I'd been
>> eaten alive.
>>
>> Oh well, it has all worked out, he received the Eagle with the Omni VII
>> manual and then the Eagle manual. The radio and manuals will "vacation" in
>> South Florida for August and then will return home. FYI - He is an officer
>> in South Florida DX Association so you have an idea what kind and type of
>> workout the radio will see. I'll be eagerly awaiting his report.
>>
>> 73
>> Bob, K4TAX
>>
>>
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