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halldave

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Posted: 12:32am 21 Jun 2014

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After waiting nearly two months ... for my SiRF III EM408 GPS Navigator Module w/ Ceramic Antenna / RS232 Output -from Deal Extreme so I can complete the GPS Clock on jmans PCB.... More bad news

Item put on hold due to Dangerous Good MPC PMIH (KLIA)
Has anyone else had this???

Date Time Process Office
19-Jun-2014 1736 <b>Item put on hold due to Dangerous Good MPC PMIH (KLIA)</b>
12-Jun-2014 1602 Item posted over the counter MPC PMIH (KLIA)
30-May-2014 1751 Dispatch Pre-Alert 00 In Transit

.... the first shipment was returned by customs to DX from China Post ...

Date Status Notes
5/8/2014 5:12:56 PM Full Shipment Your order has been fully shipped.
5/8/2014 3:13:05 PM Order Processing Order is being prepared for Shipment.
5/4/2014 6:15:29 PM Order Processing Order is being processed.
5/4/2014 6:15:29 PM Payment Confirmed Payment verified.
5/4/2014 6:15:23 PM Order Received Order has been created, awaiting payment.

Grrrrrr....

bigmik

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Posted: 03:51am 21 Jun 2014

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Dave,

You could buy them from DX.com's AUSTRALIAN warehouse.

DX-AUS

But I think they charge freight on top..

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Mick

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Lou

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Posted: 11:31am 21 Jun 2014

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Dave, Mick,
I have been reading the EM408 is an obsolete part, and Sparkfun no longer carries it. Sparkfun
Don't know what's going on but maybe the Dangerous thing is why.

Geoff, anyone,
Do you know of a replacement part, I was going to build at least one GPS Clock.

Thanks,
Lou

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halldave

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Posted: 11:36am 21 Jun 2014

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I have a SKYLAB SKM53 GPS Module in my box of bits that I might have a go at later this arvo, to see if that works

Grogster

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Posted: 02:28pm 21 Jun 2014

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What's dangerous about it?

Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!

Bill.b

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Posted: 03:14pm 21 Jun 2014

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The DX Aus actually ship from china, they do not have a warehouse in aus.

Bill

In the interests of the environment, this post has been constructed entirely from recycled electrons.

bigmik

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Posted: 03:53pm 21 Jun 2014

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Hi Bill, All,

Bill.b said The DX Aus actually ship from china, they do not have a warehouse in aus.

That statement surprised me. So I looked at their FAQs and you are 100% right.

FAQ

I got deluded by the name and assumed, wrongly, that they were AUS based.. They are much faster than the china post though.

Sorry then, I cant help with your issue Dave.

Mick

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Lou

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Posted: 04:06pm 21 Jun 2014

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Grogs wrote:

What's dangerous about it?

Maybe it's like the GM cars, if you bump the ignition switch it unexpectedly goes into Warp Drive.

Mick, Did you notice You're a Newbie again with 5 posts ??

Lou

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bigmik

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Posted: 04:15pm 21 Jun 2014

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Lou said

Mick, Did you notice You're a Newbie again with 5 posts ??

Lou

You are Looking at the NEW Me.. I better change my avatar then.

I dont know what happened I am sure I didnt hit some magic Number and reset.. There were heaps of people with more posts than Me.

I will ask Glenn what happened.

Mick

PS. Thanks Lou.

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VK2MCT
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Posted: 12:05am 22 Jun 2014

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On the subject of newbies.
When do I graduate to the next level -- or dare possibly to think -- a future guru ?

John B

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Posted: 12:07am 22 Jun 2014

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As I understand it, it is powers of two on most forums, therefore you advance one more level at: 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048 etc...

@ mick - your post count has returned to normal, although for a NEWBIE - you sure have plenty of posts!Edited by Grogster 2014-06-23

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BobD

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Posted: 12:14am 22 Jun 2014

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I think 50 posts gets you to be a Regular Member, 100 is a Senior Member and 300 is a guru. I could be wrong here. I tried looking them up but failed so this is from memory.

Grogster

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Posted: 01:26pm 22 Jun 2014

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Quite possibly - I was just guessing on the numbers, based on what many other forums do. Perhaps Glen will enlighten us all.

And I see that Mick is back to Guru...

Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!

Gizmo

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Posted: 01:49pm 22 Jun 2014

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Ranks...

40+ Regular Member
100+ Senior Member
300+ Guru

Sometimes the database looses the members post count, which is what happened to Mick. When I hear about it, I run a script that recounts posts and updates the member count. It doesn't however update their rank, but this happens automatically next time they make a post.

Glenn

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VK2MCT
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Posted: 02:13pm 22 Jun 2014

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Thank you Mr Gizmo,

At last I can look forward to being Guru Smart, but well after I'm dead.

John B

(unless I start answering my own posts)

Geoffg

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Posted: 04:57pm 23 Jun 2014

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Just a word of thanks Glenn for all the time that you put into making this forum work. I am sure that little jobs like this add up to a lot of effort.

Geoff

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Posted: 05:38pm 23 Jun 2014

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Totally agree with that sentiment Geoff - Glenn is an unsung hero in all of this!

Greg

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