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Mike VE3YF

Upgrading the Shack

Well I think that the KPA1500 has been out long enough that it is time
to bite the bullet and order one. Also ordered a K4D so big changes are
in store here, enough to keep the old mind active.

Merry Christmas to everyone....

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Gordon LaPoint

Re: Upgrading the Shack

Also upgrading the shack, ordered a K4, have a KPA/KAT500 for the K3,
may order a second KPA/KAT500. I will not be ordering a 1500, 500 is
enough for what I want. I have one remote setup now, hope to be moving
it to a new location with lots less noise. I will start with my
TS-590SG at the remote for now, but either the K3 or the K4 will end up
there later next year.
Sure hope the K4 is shipped in January!
Gordon - N1MGO

On 12/18/2019 8:37 AM, Mike VE3YF wrote:
> Well I think that the KPA1500 has been out long enough that it is time
> to bite the bullet and order one. Also ordered a K4D so big changes
> are in store here, enough to keep the old mind active.
>
> Merry Christmas to everyone....
>

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Mike VE3YF

Re: Upgrading the Shack

Hi Gordon:

I have the same here (K-Line K3S/P3/KAT500/KPA500) as a backup or maybe
time to sell that system off.

Not remote here, but have played with using the KPA500 remote software
but it keeps failing, looking for something (Driver) that isn't present.
KAT500 remote works fine though. One of the cold winter spells I will
get the KPA500 working with the KPA500 remote software.

I am going to check out Node Red or Red Node software one of those cold
days as well.

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Mike VE3YF

Re: Upgrading the Shack

Update:

The KPA1500 left Elecraft on 20 Dec 2019, and arrived in Mount Hope,
Ontario 21 Dec 2019, with a guaranteed delivery to me on 23 Dec 2019.

And the KPA1500 is still in Mount Hope, Ontario, due to no fault of
Elecraft, Canada Customs, Weather and myself.

UPS is the most useless carrier I have ever dealt with, and after
clearing customs they would not allow the KPA1500 to be picked up in
person even after taxes etc had been paid. Actually they wanted taxes
paid prior to going into Canada Customs. Just a note for Elecraft, I
will be sending a complete timetable of all the events that have
transpired, and maybe they can also get a FedEx shipping account as I
have had nothing but great success dealing with FedEx.

UPS says I might see the package on 31 Dec 2019, heavy emphasis on might.

The Christmas Grinch arrived at this shack.

Hopefully everyone is having a Merry Christmas...

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Rose

UPS vs FedEx

Quite the opposite here ...

I deal with multiple vendors in my business and simply won't buy from any
that ships via the PTA company FedEx.

73

Rose - N7HKW
Rose's Cases and Covers

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019, 07:03 Mike VE3YF <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Update:
>
> The KPA1500 left Elecraft on 20 Dec 2019, and arrived in Mount Hope,
> Ontario 21 Dec 2019, with a guaranteed delivery to me on 23 Dec 2019.
>
> And the KPA1500 is still in Mount Hope, Ontario, due to no fault of
> Elecraft, Canada Customs, Weather and myself.
>
> UPS is the most useless carrier I have ever dealt with, and after
> clearing customs they would not allow the KPA1500 to be picked up in
> person even after taxes etc had been paid. Actually they wanted taxes
> paid prior to going into Canada Customs. Just a note for Elecraft, I
> will be sending a complete timetable of all the events that have
> transpired, and maybe they can also get a FedEx shipping account as I
> have had nothing but great success dealing with FedEx.
>
> UPS says I might see the package on 31 Dec 2019, heavy emphasis on might.
>
> The Christmas Grinch arrived at this shack.
>
> Hopefully everyone is having a Merry Christmas...
>
> --
>
> *73 De Mike*
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Mike VE3YF

Re: UPS vs FedEx

Hi Rose:

As a New Years Resolution, maybe carriers can get their act together. Ha
Ha Ha

Merry Christmas Rose...

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Joseph Street

Re: Upgrading the Shack

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I feel for you Mike

I recently ordered some parts from the RAM mounts company in western US for mounting my KX3 on the dash of my truck and watched the progress on UPS's website. The support staff was next to useless. I wanted to pre-pay the duties and taxes but they couldn't tell me how much that would be even after their website showed the shipment had cleared customs. Their delivery date expired and was revised no less than three times. The package entered the country at Windsor but they had to take it to Concord Ontario even though you just know the truck came down HWY401 right past the Kitchener distribution center before continuing on 80km past me in the wrong direction, after which it sat in Concord for two days. Fedex will charge me $50 brokerage on a $2.00 part from Sparkfun. I actually prefer and have had much better experiences with USPS and they have expedited and insured shipping. Thats how I got my recent KX3,PX3 and KXPAT100 combo and the shipping was flawless. With our d
ismal dollar buying from the US is just a painful experience no matter how you cut it. I can imagine your frustration waiting for the KPA1500.

Joe ve3vxo

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Upgrading the Shack

Update:

The KPA1500 left Elecraft on 20 Dec 2019, and arrived in Mount Hope,
Ontario 21 Dec 2019, with a guaranteed delivery to me on 23 Dec 2019.

And the KPA1500 is still in Mount Hope, Ontario, due to no fault of
Elecraft, Canada Customs, Weather and myself.

UPS is the most useless carrier I have ever dealt with, and after
clearing customs they would not allow the KPA1500 to be picked up in
person even after taxes etc had been paid. Actually they wanted taxes
paid prior to going into Canada Customs. Just a note for Elecraft, I
will be sending a complete timetable of all the events that have
transpired, and maybe they can also get a FedEx shipping account as I
have had nothing but great success dealing with FedEx.

UPS says I might see the package on 31 Dec 2019, heavy emphasis on might.

The Christmas Grinch arrived at this shack.

Hopefully everyone is having a Merry Christmas...

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Kent Olsen

Re: UPS vs FedEx

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Mike

I was a UPS driver for 27 years. I'm sorry you are having problems with
your delivery.

That being said, I have to say that it is the busiest time of the year for
delivery companies. You may have a vision of your package sitting on a
shelf, all by itself. That is not the case! your package is there in the
customs house with 10's of thousands of other packages. The system is
overwhelmed. I doubt FedX could really do any better ant this time of year.
I know you are excited to get your new amp, but please have some patience.

There are currently hundreds of UPS and FedX drivers on the big road (on
Christmas day) trying to get things to where they need to be.

Thanks
73
Kent
N6WT

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 6:22 AM Mike VE3YF <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Rose:
>
> As a New Years Resolution, maybe carriers can get their act together. Ha
> Ha Ha
>
> Merry Christmas Rose...
>
> --
>
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Bob McGraw - K4TAX

Re: Upgrading the Shack

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I ship more and more items via USPS Priority with added insurance as
necessary.    It is faster and less costly and more reliable than Fed-X
or UPS.   I shipped my K3S to Elecraft via USPS Priority on a Tuesday
and it arrived at Elecraft on Thursday. They repaired it, updated it and
sent it back by UPS Ground.   It sat in the Distribution center in Ohio
for 5 days. Total time back to me was 11 days in transit.    The
daughter shipped a large box via UPS Ground from Orlando to us in middle
TN. It sat in Memphis for 5 days, thus was in transit for 11 days and
only a week later than originally scheduled.

Oh, there wasn't a K4 under my Christmas tree.   Did you get one? Maybe
next year.

73

Bob, K4TAX

On 12/25/2019 8:28 AM, Joseph Street wrote:

> I feel for you Mike
>
>
> I recently ordered some parts from the RAM mounts company in western US for mounting my KX3 on the dash of my truck and watched the progress on UPS's website. The support staff was next to useless. I wanted to pre-pay the duties and taxes but they couldn't tell me how much that would be even after their website showed the shipment had cleared customs. Their delivery date expired and was revised no less than three times. The package entered the country at Windsor but they had to take it to Concord Ontario even though you just know the truck came down HWY401 right past the Kitchener distribution center before continuing on 80km past me in the wrong direction, after which it sat in Concord for two days. Fedex will charge me $50 brokerage on a $2.00 part from Sparkfun. I actually prefer and have had much better experiences with USPS and they have expedited and insured shipping. Thats how I got my recent KX3,PX3 and KXPAT100 combo and the shipping was flawless. With our d
> ismal dollar buying from the US is just a painful experience no matter how you cut it. I can imagine your frustration waiting for the KPA1500.
>
>
> Joe ve3vxo
>
>
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> From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> on behalf of Mike VE3YF <[hidden email]>
> Sent: December 25, 2019 9:02:33 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Upgrading the Shack
>
> Update:
>
> The KPA1500 left Elecraft on 20 Dec 2019, and arrived in Mount Hope,
> Ontario 21 Dec 2019, with a guaranteed delivery to me on 23 Dec 2019.
>
> And the KPA1500 is still in Mount Hope, Ontario, due to no fault of
> Elecraft, Canada Customs, Weather and myself.
>
> UPS is the most useless carrier I have ever dealt with, and after
> clearing customs they would not allow the KPA1500 to be picked up in
> person even after taxes etc had been paid. Actually they wanted taxes
> paid prior to going into Canada Customs. Just a note for Elecraft, I
> will be sending a complete timetable of all the events that have
> transpired, and maybe they can also get a FedEx shipping account as I
> have had nothing but great success dealing with FedEx.
>
> UPS says I might see the package on 31 Dec 2019, heavy emphasis on might.
>
> The Christmas Grinch arrived at this shack.
>
> Hopefully everyone is having a Merry Christmas...
>
> --
>
> *73 De Mike*
> *VE3YF
>
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Joe Subich, W4TV-4

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Mike,

> UPS is the most useless carrier I have ever dealt with, ...
> and maybe they can also get a FedEx shipping account as I
> have had nothing but great success dealing with FedEx.
Unfortunately, other than USPS, UPS is the best of a bad lot.

FedEx mess up more deliveries than they get right in my
experience. I've had them try to charge *China* duties on
shipments coming from Europe - simply because some clerk
can't be bothered to read the commercial invoice. It is not
unusual for them to charge significant processing and "advance
payment" fees on import shipments for which there is no duty
due, etc. I've had them hold packages for payment requiring me
to drive completely across the Orlando metro area (3 hour round
trip with significant tolls) only to have nothing due and the
counter person simply hand me the package.

5B4AGN and I recently spent most of a week trying to sort out the
import of cases for his most recent multi-band BPF group buy simply
because FedEx's customs clerks did not read the commercial invoice
for the shipment. Thus they were unable to properly classify the
products and the country of origin - even though both were clearly
stated on the invoice/packing list.

FedEx may have been the best at one time, but their customer service
has been circling the drain for at least two to three years.

Now, with FedEx acquiring the US (and perhaps CA) end of both TNT
and DHL the options for shipment from Europe to the US are being
significantly reduced.

73,

... Joe, W4TV

On 2019-12-25 9:02 AM, Mike VE3YF wrote:

Mike VE3YF

Re: Upgrading the Shack

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Hi Joe:

Normally I would have used USPS, I have liked them in the past, however
due to the weight and cost it was not a good option. I wouldn't be so
ticked off, but my package went to customs 3 times, repeated billing me
of taxes and no less than 12 exceptions and this is all after the
guaranteed delivery date, and by the looks of it, I might see it maybe
31 Dec, which is over a week after the promised date. They also don't
allow people to pickup their packages in person, tried twice.

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Mike VE3YF

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Hi Joe:

I think all the courier services have gone downhill. They have us where
they want and not much we can really do.

Merry Christmas Joe.

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richard L gilley

Re: Upgrading the Shack

When my Concept 2 rower was dropped off damaged; I was told by UPS that if a heavy item is not shipped Freight it will be damaged. The why is, regular shipping is handled by hand thus gets damaged, freight is by pallet and fork lift.
AD1G

> On Dec 25, 2019, at 11:58, Mike VE3YF <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi Joe:
>
> I think all the courier services have gone downhill. They have us where they want and not much we can really do.
>
> Merry Christmas Joe.
>
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Tox

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Ha!

I have vivid memories of a $100k rackmount computer UPS dropped (on a
pallet) from high enough the computer ended up 2" shorter and had to be
scrapped by the vendor.

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019, 10:35 AM richard gilley <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> When my Concept 2 rower was dropped off damaged; I was told by UPS that if
> a heavy item is not shipped Freight it will be damaged. The why is,
> regular shipping is handled by hand thus gets damaged, freight is by pallet
> and fork lift.
> AD1G
>
> > On Dec 25, 2019, at 11:58, Mike VE3YF <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Joe:
> >
> > I think all the courier services have gone downhill. They have us where
> they want and not much we can really do.
> >
> > Merry Christmas Joe.
> >
> > --
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Clay Autery-2

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If one can avoid it, one should NEVER use UPS to ship to Canada....
They have some bizarre relationship with the "Crown's Tax
Collector".... I remember customers having to pay a UPS processing fee
of $50 on top of taxes, shipping, et al...
FEDEX or USPS to the Great White North!

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On 25-Dec-19 08:02, Mike VE3YF wrote:

Mike VE3YF

Re: Upgrading the Shack

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Ouch.

I think at one point in time that Alpha Power was shipping their amps on
a Pallet to avoid damage.

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On 25-Dec-19 18:35, richard gilley wrote:

> When my Concept 2 rower was dropped off damaged; I was told by UPS that if a heavy item is not shipped Freight it will be damaged. The why is, regular shipping is handled by hand thus gets damaged, freight is by pallet and fork lift.
> AD1G
>
>> On Dec 25, 2019, at 11:58, Mike VE3YF <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Joe:
>>
>> I think all the courier services have gone downhill. They have us where they want and not much we can really do.
>>
>> Merry Christmas Joe.
>>
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>>
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Mike VE3YF

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I can imagine there are some real horror stories out there. I certainly
hope my amp isn't one of those horror stories.

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On 25-Dec-19 19:01, Tox wrote:

> Ha!
>
> I have vivid memories of a $100k rackmount computer UPS dropped (on a
> pallet) from high enough the computer ended up 2" shorter and had to
> be scrapped by the vendor.
>
> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019, 10:35 AM richard gilley <[hidden email]
> <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>
> When my Concept 2 rower was dropped off damaged; I was told by UPS
> that if a heavy item is not shipped Freight it will be damaged.
> The why is, regular shipping is handled by hand thus gets damaged,
> freight is by pallet and fork lift.
> AD1G
>
> > On Dec 25, 2019, at 11:58, Mike VE3YF <[hidden email]
> <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Joe:
> >
> > I think all the courier services have gone downhill. They have
> us where they want and not much we can really do.
> >
> > Merry Christmas Joe.
> >
> > --
> >
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> >
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Nr4c

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Is this “white truck” vs “brown truck” match ever going to end? There many horror stories abound on both sides. But none really “prove” anything. Both have their ups and downs.

It’s Christmas, give it a break.

Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill

> On Dec 25, 2019, at 2:03 PM, Tox <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Ha!
>
> I have vivid memories of a $100k rackmount computer UPS dropped (on a
> pallet) from high enough the computer ended up 2" shorter and had to be
> scrapped by the vendor.
>
>> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019, 10:35 AM richard gilley <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> When my Concept 2 rower was dropped off damaged; I was told by UPS that if
>> a heavy item is not shipped Freight it will be damaged. The why is,
>> regular shipping is handled by hand thus gets damaged, freight is by pallet
>> and fork lift.
>> AD1G
>>
>>>> On Dec 25, 2019, at 11:58, Mike VE3YF <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Joe:
>>>
>>> I think all the courier services have gone downhill. They have us where
>> they want and not much we can really do.
>>>
>>> Merry Christmas Joe.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> *73 De Mike*
>>> *VE3YF
>>>
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w0mu

Re: Upgrading the Shack

In reply to this post by Mike VE3YF

That stinks but I have had similar issues with both/all carriers. FedEx
can't reliably find our house after many called to the local station and
many many complaints. We had to get a box at a UPS store, irony......
where we have our packages sent. UPS will leave packages at the top of
our 1/4 mile driveway along a busy street right next to a major
interstate. So yea...........

I hope you get your amp soon!

W0MU

On 12/25/2019 7:02 AM, Mike VE3YF wrote:

Doug Turnbull

Re: UPS vs FedEx

In reply to this post by Rose

Dear OMs and YLs,
I am sorry to hear of these problems but let me tell you that my
KPA1500 was delivered from California to Ireland in four days. It and all
the packaging were in perfect condition. I paid the UPS man with my
credit card when the delivery arrived to our door. This payment was for
all the legitimate EU and Irish taxes. It was all very easy and most
satisfactory. I have only good to say for UPS. I know a FedEx driver
and have only good to say for them as well. So it is best to give good and
bad experiences.

73 Doug EI2CN

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Rose
Sent: 25 December 2019 14:15
To: Mike VE3YF
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] UPS vs FedEx

Quite the opposite here ...

I deal with multiple vendors in my business and simply won't buy from any
that ships via the PTA company FedEx.

73

Rose - N7HKW
Rose's Cases and Covers

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019, 07:03 Mike VE3YF <[hidden email]> wrote:

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