[bars] Next shipment to Ukraine

[Juan Jiménez]

The equipment we sent to Ukraine has arrived in Poland, where it will now
be put on a truck and delivered across the border to Germany. From there
the German team working with Nick will take over and get it into Ukraine,
where their wizards are waiting for it to help fix and maintain many
radios. 😎

(Yes, I know. Poland to Germany, and then back through Poland to Ukraine...
Hey, as long as it gets there. Meest paused deliveries to Ukraine, though.
They likely have a very good reason for that.)

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73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM Juan Jiménez <k1cpr at bd5.com> wrote:

> Update, I have received a few more donations, for which i am very
> grateful.
>
> Nick UR6QV / UT5Q has requested a change in shipping plans. He has asked
> me to send the two units to Germany, instead of Poland. I am not sure why,
> but I suspect it has to do with import duties and the state of relations
> between Poland and Ukraine. There was some friction there for a while about
> agricultural transshipments eating into Polish farmer profits, but I
> thought that had been resolved.
>
> Anyway, I am now looking for the best way to send the items to Germany and
> should have them out the door this weekend.
>
> An interesting piece of info... my wife's cousin was housing Ukrainian
> refugee families for a while in her very large home in Przemysl where she
> raised four boys and one girl. I've been there several times and it's right
> next to the Ukrainian border. Not quite shouting, but definitely screaming
> distance. 🤣🤣🤣
>
> The reason I mention this is that I asked one of her sons the other day
> how many families were still there and if she needed any supplies. Turns
> out they have all moved on into Western Europe and the US, absorbed into
> other established Ukrainian communities. This is REALLY good news for the
> children in particular, whom I am sure we're stressed out about the
> language barriers, etc.
>
> Thought you folks might want to know. 😎
>
> 73,
> Juan
> K1CPR
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 12:55 Juan Jiménez <k1cpr at bd5.com> wrote:
>
>> So far I have received $75 in donations! Thanks to those who decided to
>> help. Payday is next week, and as I said, I will pay the difference to get
>> this shipped one way or the other. Anybody else interested in contributing?
>>
>> I can receive donations via PayPal (twiter at herdthecats.com
>> <twiter at herdhecats.com>), Venmo (@juan-jimenez-677) or Zelle
>> (781-491-3934). Please type "UKRAINE" in the comment field for any
>> donations so i can identify them and set them aside.
>>
>> And please keep your comments about why I am doing this for Ukraine and
>> not helping people locally to yourself. I have family there and don't need
>> to justify my actions to you or anyone else. If you want to set up your own
>> initiatives for local use, go right ahead.
>>
>> 73,
>> K1CPR
>> Juan
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM Juan Jiménez <k1cpr at bd5.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> Once again I am looking for help to pay for the cost of shipping radio
>>> equipment to the Zaporizhzhia amateur radio club in Ukraine. As a reminder,
>>> members of this club work to distribute all sorts of HF/VHF/UHF equipment
>>> across the country to act as a safety net in areas where the Russians are
>>> destroying communications infrastructure. In many areas, the radios are the
>>> only lifeline they have to communicate with the rest of the country.
>>>
>>> This time I am not shipping radios or supplies, I am shipping two key
>>> pieces of test equipment they requested to be able to repair the radios
>>> they already have, a Marconi Communications Test Set model 2955 and a BK
>>> Precision 2630 spectrum analyzer which I bought last week.
>>>
>>> There are two ways to ship via Meest, by boat or by air. There are no
>>> lithium batteries in the equipment so it can be shipped by air, unlike the
>>> last time where the handies had lithium batteries. By air will cost around
>>> $400 delivered in Ukraine in a few days, by boat it will be 4-6 weeks and
>>> about $200.
>>>
>>> If anyone is interested in participating, I can receive donations via
>>> PayPal (twiter at herdthecats.com <twiter at herdhecats.com>), Venmo
>>> (@juan-jimenez-677) or Zelle (781-491-3934). Please type "UKRAINE" in the
>>> comment field for any donations so i can identify them and set them aside.
>>>
>>> If I get enough to pay for this I will send out another email letting
>>> everyone know there is no need for further donations. If more money is
>>> received than the cost of the shipping, the difference will be set aside
>>> for the next Ukraine project. If there isn't enough then I will make up the
>>> difference. One way or another I will get this equipment out to them by
>>> next month.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Juan
>>> K1CPR
>>>
>>>
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