[time-nuts] Question for the cesium nuts.

[Robert Atkinson]

Hi,
I think you would find it surprising what is still restricted. While
searching for data on the FTS/Datron/Symmetricom 1000B I discovered that
Datron/Symmetricom got hammered for trying to export a couple of OXCO's
to India. I can't find the link at the moment but they settled at
$35,000.
A lot of telecom stuff like fibre coupled lasers are still restricted so
are some capacitors (low inductance high current) and trigger devices. I
friend of mine had a visit from the US authorities (we are in the UK)
for listing a modern military whip antenna on eBay. 

Robert.

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Hal Murray
Sent: 18 March 2007 04:56
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Question for the cesium nuts.


>> Are there some funny accounting rules screwing things up?
> Not accounting rules as you meant them, but rather end use rules.

> It takes someone with a functioning brain to figure out what the
> different pieces of equipment are, and to make sure that the end use
> restrictions are honored.  It is far easier to drive over the stuff
> with a dozer, and render it inert than it is to propagate the
> necessary paper chain... or so the DRMO says. 

I'm still somewhat (but not very) surprised that they aren't outsourcing
the 
whole mess or something like that.

I assume "end use rules" means don't send fancy gear to Iran and North
Korea 
etc.  Is there a simple list of what is/isn't OK to ship to anybody?  If
a 
box sells for $100, it can't be a big deal to have somebody check each
item 
against a known-OK list.  If the penalties are real nasty, check it
twice.

The stuff you can't ship to bad guys is probably worth more so they
would be 
motivated to find it.




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