I suggested earlier that she make friends at an embassy, you apparently
missed it.......
Many foreign hams have used this path for decades, particularly in 3rd world
countries with corrupt customs regulations.
Since the 60's I shipped stuff into Ecuador, Uruguay, Chile and El Salvador
that way as well as many other places around the world.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Barthelow" <apolloeme@live.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Uruguay Amp Project
>
> I found this interesting article:
>
>
>
> http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2009/0709/fsl/fsl_diplodx.html
>
>
>
> Looks like I should check with this Foreign Service officer/ham, who may
> have some solutions, for bringing in ham gear.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> 73, de Pat Barthelow AA6EG
>
>> From: dale.long@prodigy.net
>> To: km1h@jeremy.mv.com
>> CC: apolloeme@live.com
>> Subject: RE: [Amps] Uruguay Amp Project
>> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 11:19:59 -0400
>>
>> There is a retired American Airlines pilot who travels regularly to
>> Montevideo. I think it is CX1TT. Don't know if he would be willing to
>> help,
>> because he has his own amplifier and radio repair issues. It is exceeding
>> hard to import things, and then to repair them. For example, both CX6VM
>> and
>> CX1TT had trouble with their K3. The guys at Elecraft, say "no problem,
>> just UPS it back to us"...But they don't realize the monumental effort
>> and
>> cost that will entail, and have to go through customs again. It's not
>> easy
>> being a ham outside the USA.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Dale N3BNA
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On
>> Behalf Of Carl
>> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 7:24 AM
>> To: Patrick Barthelow; amps@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Uruguay Amp Project
>>
>> It sounds like she needs to make friends with someone in the US or
>> another
>> embassy. That has been the import method of choice for many over the
>> decades.
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Patrick Barthelow" <apolloeme@live.com>
>> To: <amps@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 9:51 PM
>> Subject: [Amps] Uruguay Amp Project
>> > Folks,
>> >
>> > In the course of helping a YL build an amp in Uruguay, I am making
>> > progress, but am amazed at the challeges faced by hams there, and
>> > probably
>>
>> > other small countries, who want to buy or build ham gear, particularly
>> > amps. I found an insider representative in the Uruguay broadcast
>> > tramsmitter industry who is looking for spare broadcast transmitter
>> > parts,
>>
>> > suitable for Amateur amps, such as tubes, transformers, power supply
>> > parts, etc for this ham.
>
>
>> > He said, in the commercial TX world repairs or parts acquisition is
>> > difficult and expensive, and a main vendor they rely on is Nebraska
>> > Radio
>> > Sales. OUCH(!) NRS seems to have insanely high prices on QRO RF
>> > components, at least to me they seem high. To add insult to injury this
>> > insider says every purchase, say for a $1000 vacuum variable, or say a
>> > transformer has a $1000 (equal amount) dollar duty tacked on before he
>> > can
>>
>> > bring it in. OUCH! Says there are a lot of solid state Broadcast TX
>> > there, but also a lot of older tube transmitters, in the 1-10KW range
>> > as
>> > spares, backups so I am hopeful to find the heavy parts for a power
>> > supply
>>
>> > there, to save money...In the olden days, here, the 4-400A was a common
>> > find if you trolled radio station engineers for spares, probably not so
>> > much any more.
>> >
>> > As to commercial ham gear I bet they also pay a super high tax on
>> > retail
>> > gear brought in, so anyone in CX land on the air, has committed
>> > considerable economic effort to do so.
>> > I wonder if this lady could find usable components in a junked 1KW
>> > microwave oven for a power supply, diodes, or caps, transformer, etc?
>> > The
>>
>> > last microwave oven that I took apart, had some hefty lookig HV diodes,
>> > and what looked like a transistorized flyback style HV generator. I
>> > will
>>
>> > have to look through arciived threads on the reflector here....
>
>> > Best Regards,
>> > 73, de Pat Barthelow AA6EG
>
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