On 10 Mar 2009 at 7:53, William Leijenaar wrote:

Hi AMSATs,

It has been some time ago that I worked on my mini-transponder again. Most of you might have seen the article about my 30grams linear Mode-UV :o)

For my tests I purchase very often parts from Digikey in US, with high quality parts and fast deliveries. However, for some time I experience problems with getting parts from RFMD, which seem to have a "vendors export restriction". The strange thing is that I got the parts delivered around November 2008, but faced problems when I tried to order new parts begin this year.

Does anyone know what the reasons might be for these restrictions ? And is there any way to get the parts to Europe without to much hassle.

Many thanks, 73 de PE1RAH William Leijenaar

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Still something from a past era...

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN ANS 356 (Excerpt) 6. ITAR. I announced at the AMSAT Annual Meeting in Atlanta that AMSAT would actively develop a strategy concerning ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and related export regulations. Our goal is to ensure that AMSAT is in full compliance with ITAR, develop materials to train our satellite builders on ITAR compliance, and to seek ways where we may continue to work with other AMSAT organizations on satel- lite projects. Since the Annual Meeting, Bill Ress, N6GHZ and I have been working with an attorney who specializes in ITAR. We hope to make a formal submission to the State Department regarding ITAR in early 2009.

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