[bars] Next shipment to Ukraine

[Juan Jiménez]

The shipment to Ukraine has been liberated from Polish customs. No import
duties, but they charged €114 for taxes, fees and the omnipresent customs
stamp. From the remainder of your donations, I PayPal'd half of that into
the pot to contribute, and it's finally making its way to... Germany. LOL!
>From there it goes to Ukraine. This would make for a great Monty Python
episode...

73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM Juan Jiménez <k1cpr at bd5.com> wrote:

> 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.)
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> 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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