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

[Paul Stoetzer]

Correct, all of AMSAT's digital publications are available immediately upon
purchase.

https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-books-and-dvds/

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 2:28 PM Burns Fisher <wb1fj-bb at fisher.cc> wrote:

> 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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