[hpsdr] Apache no longer ship direct to the UK

[Abhi A]

This has been discussed in the past and I believe initially there was a
problem because we did not have a distributor in the UK and EU, in fact
Apache shipped direct to EU for over 8 months.

We have had 24 radios confiscated by customs over this period, this not
only resulted in the loss of the radio but we obviously had to refund the
purchase amount to the buyer,

I think there is a problem with the implementation of EXIM and compliance
regulations and the way they are  handled by local customs in some EU
countries and I don't blame them with most Chinese goods marked as CE even
when they don't comply,

You will find that most manufacturers operate through distributors in the
EU, we tried to beat this model but could not succeed,

Both the Hermes and Angelia cards are available for sale directly from
India, as "Kits" they do not fall under the same scrutiny as the finished
radio, Wully please let me know who you dealt with at Apache please,

Scotty -  I did allow TAPR to manufacture Hermes

I certainly have not given manufacturing rights to Gerd, I don't think he
is manufacturing Hermes

I hope this clarifies some issues,

73s,
Abhi
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