[Amps] Shipping SB200 with Tube Installed

[Eddy Swynar]

On 2014-02-22, at 11:22 AM, Jim W7RY wrote:

> Do you think it's wise to ship a SB200 with the tubes installed? It will be packed in a heavy duty computer box with high density foam for packing.
> 
> Thanks
> 73
> Jim W7RY




Hi Jim,

You can safely do that, alright, IF you pack the INSIDE of the rig with something like a LOT of crushed newspaper---anything that might keep the tubes locked in their sockets, & that might prevent them from "floating" around in transit, destroying themselves...

I learned that painful lesson years ago when I mailed a Heathkit mono-bander to a buyer in Texas: somehow some of the tubes became unseated, & proceeded to float around the rig, destroying both themselves, as well as others.

Stuff that paper into the rig, & warn the buyer to remove it all prior to plugging it in, or he will have truly purchased himself one "...hot little radio"...! Hi Hi

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ