On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:32:49 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

But I'd have thought
getting a pallet (10 to 20) surface shipped would be ecomomic. OK
they'll probably take a 4 to 6 weeks to arrive but I'd expect it to be
cost far less per station.

Dave, the point with air-freighting AIUI is that it is roughly pro
rata with weight so whether you ship one, 10 or 50 the cost per
station is similar, to a first approximation.

I suspect that a pallet of VPs would be more like 40-60 stations,
which would be a large bite but feasible. But this approach isn't
really compatible with how Davis run their commercial operations.

[As per my reply above, this is increasingly in the realms of how
international commercial transactions work, not science or weather, so
email me direct if you're interested in discussing further.]

John Dann
www.weatherstations.co.uk