[CQ-Contest] Alpha Travel Case-antennas,too!

[n7ng at sprynet.com]

Leaving a heavy transformer in an amp for transit can be a disaster.  You could 
weld it in place, but that wont help.  The laws of physics say that when 
something gets going, it doesn't want to stop.  Drop the amp, and the chassis 
will absorb the energy.  I have seen a number of Motorola Micor base station 
chassis bent up by being tipped in transit. There may be no outward sign of 
damage.  Now Motorola puts indicators on the outside of the box to show if they 
have been subject to shock during shipping.  If you have shipped an Alpha with 
the transformer installed and had no damage, you are very, very lucky.

Wayne, N7NG

On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, W3CF <W3CF at aol.com> wrote:
>Boy this thread sure beats the heck out of deleting QSL requests and
>Playing...eh...working yourself threads. Simple but meaningfull to those that
>partake of the DXpedition craze. 
>Perhaps its me but I just make double sure the transformer is locked down
>solid where it was designed to go...add a few drops of Loc-tight (TM) thread
>glue so it doesn't back off enroute, pull the tube(s), rewrap it in its
>original shipping boxes (1 inside the other) and fill all spaces with the
>LARGE bubble wrap, then check it as luggage...


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