[Heath] Shipping SB-401 / SB-303 pair to Ron Oxley

[Robert Groh]

Shipping can be a royal patooee, that is for sure.  I would, of course, start off with a separate box for each radio. I pull the case off and remove the feet entirely, put the feet in a ziplock bag and tuck the bag inside the radio. I add some loose crumpled paper inside the radio to keep things from moving around and then slip the radio back in the case and put a screw or two to hold things together. I then cut some sheet material ( such as foam rubber, styrofoam, etc) to fit the front and back panels (cut outs for knobs, dials, connectors, etc) on the front and back - maybe with a layer of cardboard around everything. And then wrap the whole deal in a couple of layers of bubble wrap.  Then tuck the bundle inside the box, seal it up and ship it.  And cross my fingers. 
No wonder I hate shipping big items!  You have to keep the item you are shipping well protected and you have to insure that shipping shocks (e.g. dropping the package from 6 ft in the air) will not cause damage! 

 Heavy items can be a real problem to ship.  I once made the horrible mistake of shipping a HV choke with ceramic insulators in a box that just didn't have enough space between the choke and 'world' - the box got dropped and the choke 'punched' it's way through the bottom and one of the insulators broke.  It was not the loss of money that was the worse part - it was the broken part!

If you can find a shipping outfit that uses injected foam then that would be ideal.  You should insure that the stuff inside the radio is secure and then they would wrap the radio in plastic, put the radio in a box and inject expanding foam to fill up all the voids.  The shipping department at my old company (Honeywell Aerospace) used that for their shipping and it worked the treat.  Ron Oxley may also be able to offer some hints and ideas.
The SB line are fairly light and not horrible to ship.
73Bob Groh, WA2CKY

   


     On Monday, May 11, 2015 6:15 AM, Robert Myers <rsmyers at rogers.com> wrote:
   

 Hi all,

I was considering sending my SB-401  /  SB303 pair to Ron Oxley - I just am
too busy these days and I want them to work just right.

Can anyone recommend any 'special methods' of packing suited to radios?  I
don't want the main spinner knob to be pushed in during transit or anything
(just an example), and I don't want the aluminum coverings to get dented,
etc.  Someone said I should remove the front riser feet and just put on
short feet, for example.

Anyway . other ideas?  I am not looking to skimp either.

Thanks,
--- Rob Myers
VE3JQL

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