[RTTY] ZS2EZ - Help Needed!

Thu Jan 26 05:03:53 EST 2017

Thanks again for all the responses guys!!!

Pete, it is SO kind of you to offer your help - I will email you
off-reflector later today!  (Just awaiting some feedback from Andre ZS2ACP,
he will get back to me tonight our time!)

Jamie, thanks too for your kind offer...
Lee, would really appreciate some more info on the other shipping service!!
I believe DHL are VERY pricey, someone locally suggested Fedex (their local
office is down the road from me) or Aramex but a cheaper alternative is VERY
welcome....

Bob/Ed/Bill : I agree with your advice, and think it would make good sense
to get 4 capacitors while I am about it.... will have to swallow hard and
bite the bullet, I am self-employed and it has been a bad few months here
work-wise - but some things just have to be done!!!  

Kostas, no problems with import duty - no duty on personal items under $100,
for an FT-847 that I brought in a few years back the duty charged on a $950
item was around 15%....  That was back in the days when our currency was
still worth something!!  :-) 

Thanks again for all the advice and help!!

73 de BARRY MURRELL ZS2EZ
KF26ta - Port Elizabeth, South Africa
EPC#0558 DMC#1690 WCC#030 30MDG#4081
DXCC(mixed)#41,146  DXCC(RTTY)#1,916
DXCC(phone)#34,990  DXCC(CW)#11,714
DXCC 40m,30m,20m,17m,15m,12m,10m
WAS Triple Play #492  WAS(RTTY)#538  WAZ(RTTY)#185  WAE-I(mixed)#72
WAZS(mixed)#214  AAA#1569
AS ZR6DXB: VUCC(50MHZ)#1,334  UKSMG WAE(Silver)#75  UKSMG AFRICA#22  WAC
(Satellite)
website : www.zs2ez.co.za

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pete Smith N4ZR
Sent: Thursday, 26 January 2017 5:21 AM
To: zs2ez at zs2ez.co.za; rtty at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] ZS2EZ - Help Needed!

Hi Barry - In my limited experience, DHL is horrifically expensive to your
part of the world - I once tried to arrange return of a 2-pound QS1R from
Namiibia for repairs, and was told DHL would be several hundred US$ each
way.  For packages under 4 pounds in weight, First Class postage isn't too
bad, and my package made it to Windhoek OK that way, but I was told it was
iffy.  Frankly, I figured that in that case I could re-send the pacjkage
several times before it added up even to Priority Mail International, never
mind DHL

If you'd like to give this a try, I can order the parts and transship to
you, then get reimbursed via PayPal.  If you want to do this, let's take
this off the reflector.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/25/2017 2:13 PM, Barry Murrell ZS2EZ wrote:
> WOW!!  What an amazing response!!!
>
> I had NO idea that anyone could get parts directly from Ameritron
(MFJ)....
> would be awesome if I could source those components at those prices!! 
> Even my limited budget can stretch to that!!
>
> Pete N4ZR brings up a couple of interesting points : Import duty is 
> not a problem if sent by a private individual as a "gift" under a 
> nominal amount (I think it is about $100)... bust reliability of mail 
> is a HUGE problem here - our National Post Office is effectively 
> bankrupt, and often cannot afford to pay airfreight for parcels to 
> outlying cities! I am 1000km away from the main "hub" in Johannesburg, 
> and often airfreight items can lie there for several weeks before 
> being forwarded (if they make it to their destinations at all). For 
> example, my mother received a Christmas card from a relative in the UK
(posted 2 weeks before Christmas) on this past Monday!!
> I unfortunately do not have any contacts travelling anywhere abroad 
> for several months (my friends John ZS6JON and Paul ZS6NK are going to 
> Friedrichshafen this year, but that is now only in July). As this 
> would be a small and light parcel, it would probably be practical and 
> affordable to have it sent via DHL or similar - at least then I would 
> be assured of getting it!!
>
> Would be really great if someone that can accept Paypal could manage 
> to get these items from Ameritron (to be sure of no further issues I 
> would ideally like to get 2 of each!) and forward them to me via 
> DHL/Aramex or similar labelled as a "gift", and I could then reimburse via
Paypal!!!
>
> Thanks SO much for all the responses - really appreciated!!
>
>
> 73 de BARRY MURRELL ZS2EZ
> KF26ta - Port Elizabeth, South Africa
> EPC#0558 DMC#1690 WCC#030 30MDG#4081
> DXCC(mixed)#41,146  DXCC(RTTY)#1,916
> DXCC(phone)#34,990  DXCC(CW)#11,714
> DXCC 40m,30m,20m,17m,15m,12m,10m
> WAS Triple Play #492  WAS(RTTY)#538  WAZ(RTTY)#185  WAE-I(mixed)#72
> WAZS(mixed)#214  AAA#1569
> AS ZR6DXB: VUCC(50MHZ)#1,334  UKSMG WAE(Silver)#75  UKSMG AFRICA#22  
> WAC
> (Satellite)
> website : www.zs2ez.co.za
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike 
> Fatchett
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 January 2017 5:41 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] ZS2EZ - Help Needed!
>
> The resistor is Ameritron part 107-4500  $2.40
>
> The Cap is Ameritron part 270-6210-7 $13.53
>
>   From MFJ.  I assume they can be found cheaper elsewhere.
>
> W0MU*
> *
>
>
> On 1/25/2017 1:30 AM, Barry Murrell ZS2EZ wrote:
>> 210mfd  450VDC  POS + 85C  MAX Surge 525VDC  (with "stud" terminals)
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