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 [email protected]
-----Original Message----- From: "Gerald Witalec via AMSAT-BB" [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 07:20 To: [email protected] 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 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb