All of my antenna came by air. No big problems... You can go to the airport and
pick it up after some customs hassle or they will transfer it to a truck
carrier and it will show up at your house. The communications are sporadic ....
you can go for weeks with no response, and then there will be a period in which
they respond rapidly. Once I got into a project they were pretty good to deal
with. I think I have been their best customer.
John K9DX
> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 09:32:01 +0200
> From: carsten.esch@appello.de
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: V160HD Titanex
>
> Hi Joe and the list ...
>
> As we were the 'other vendor' I think I have to put some things straight
> ...
>
> We never said IF we can get the product - we are getting products from
> Titanex at an steady stream (for end users it is difficult to contact
> them - I agree) ...
>
> We got a quote for air shipping for you. Price for air shipping was
> about 40% of the price of a NEW antenna (you had a V160S and now want an
> V160HD). So please compare apples with apples. As you know the V160HD
> weights roughly 100kg where the V160S only weighs a fraction of this.
> This results in a BIG difference for shipping of course.
>
> As we told you further Ocean shipping not only would be around the same
> as air shipping (because all fees are based on a 1 to minimum) but also
> the cardboard tubes are not really suited for see transport (as our
> forwarder told us).
>
> 73ss
>
> Carsten, DL6LAU
>
> -----
>
>
>
> Folks, this past winter my V160S was destroyed by the winds in Colorado. I
> have been trying in vain to replace this antenna with a Titanex V160HD and
> nothing has worked. The manufacturer, Titanex, was extremely slow in
> responding to repeated requests about the availability and shipping to the
> US.
> Finally they got back to me and said that they were having "trouble" with
> their
> export license and could not export to the US. I then tried to go through
> another vendor in Europe who indicated that IF they could get the product
> from
> Titanex they could export. Investigating further I found out that it could
> not
> be sent via a container in an Ocean going vessel without special handling.
> Lastly, the cost to have it flown to the US was virtually the same or more
> than
> the cost of the antenna in the first place.
>
> I am now wondering how in the world all the US hams who own a Titanex V160 HD
> ever got the thing in the first place.
>
> Is there anyone out there that owns a V160HD and wants to part with it ? I
> really do want to put up the same antenna or even another V160S. Or is there
> a
> special secret to getting these things over here from Europe ?
>
> I must say this has been a frustrating experience at the very least.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe K8FC
>
>
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