[amsat-bb] Still Waiting......

[Burns Fisher]

You can get the AMSAT version with a similar title (but not the same book)
in PDF from the AMSAT store, right Paul?  That does not require manual
intervention?

But the original writer did not say (clearly to me anyway) if ARRL has
claimed to have shipped it or not.  I don't know how their physical
shipments are working.  I do know that the USPS has been actually just as
(if not more) reliable than FedEx and UPS lately for me and people I know.
Obviously your mileage varies.

73,

Burns WB1FJ

On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 2:19 PM Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> The book he mentioned is an ARRL product. It is not sold by AMSAT.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 13:41 jim--- via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Maybe you should take a better look at the AMSAT website.  At the very
> top
> > of the page, it says:
> >
> > > Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office is closed until further
> > notice.
> >
> > There is a link for further information.  If you click on that link, part
> > of what it says is:
> >
> > > While the office is closed, AMSAT will continue to accept new and
> > renewal memberships. However, membership packets will not be mailed until
> > the office reopens. T-shirts, hats, and other items stocked in the office
> > will also not be available until the office reopens.
> >
> >
> > Everybody is having shipping issues for a couple reasons.  First is that
> > whoever is shipping may be operating with reduced capacity (or not
> > operating at all - as is the case with the AMSAT office), and secondly
> > because so many stores are closed, the volume of packages that the
> various
> > shipping companies have had to carry has gone WAY up.    According to our
> > regular UPS driver that comes to my work, this is making the Christmas
> rush
> > seem small.
> >
> > I also have ordered a bunch of stuff in the last few weeks.  Some has
> been
> > delivered fairly promptly, and some has been slower than "normal".  Heck,
> > yesterday I received a new drill press a day ahead of the scheduled
> > delivery (from Amazon).
> >
> >
> > Jim Walls - K6CCC
> > jim at k6ccc.org
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Gerald Witalec via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 07:20
> > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Still Waiting......
> >
> > Approximately two weeks ago, I ordered the book written by Steve Ford,
> > WB8IMY, "Amateur Radio Satellites  for Beginners" so as to complimentmy
> > library of books on Ham Radio. USPS has terribly failed to deliver my
> book
> > and their posting is not updated daily. Last update I received on
> > their web site was April 27th and now, this morning it is May 2nd with NO
> > updates. I noticed that USPS delivery trucks making deliveries with
> > evenlarger packages then the book. I have no idea when I will receive it.
> > Looks like I will wait another week and then just cancel my order. It
> took
> > me over
> > two weeks to receive an antenna from HRO Milwaukee. I was thinking about
> > purchasing the IC-9700 for the SATS and 2M/70 cm repeaters. Now
> > I have my doubts as to when I would ever receive it and in what condition
> > it may be in when delivered. I was thinking about driving to Milwaukee to
> > it curb side during this virus crisis, but that is a seven hour one way
> > drive from my QTH. No wonder the wife keeps asking when will I give up
> the
> > hobby.Totally frustrated...Jerry.....W8RQM
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