[Amps] Horizontal or verticle?

[K7RDX]

And FedEx just destroyed a GS-35b I shipped to a guy in Texas...I had it
double boxed with four inches packing between boxes. And to think I used to
bitch about UPS playing football with packages they ship.Any carrier
reliable anymore?   Jim.
----- Original Message -----
From: <ka1xo at juno.com>
To: <g3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>
Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Horizontal or verticle?


>
> Dear Ian,
>
> The EMTRON DX-3 that FedEx destroyed had the GU-78b tube clamped down
> in four (4) places with teflon,just as you described.
>
> In addition, the finned skirt is clamped with a surrounding chimney of
green material I never looked too closely at.
>
> Rudi sent this amplifier from Sydney to Secaucus with nary a scratch. I
imagine the 12 day international journey plus overland U.S. journey saw a
bit more handling than when it went 800 miles to Virginia.
>
> Vince says the amp looked like it had been pushed out of a tenth floor
window when he opened the box........
>
> Not only was the tetrode dislodged but all of the mounting hardware around
it was ripped out and the aluminum tube socket was cracked and broken.
>
> People, stay away from FedEx is all I can say. They have yet to contact me
on the claim or make any effort to pay the damages.
>
> Hal
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