I would think if he lives in WA then it might be easy for him to send it in thru Care in Canada if that's where he bought Care from. Chances are you'll never need to use it.
I think you are getting overworked with the above. 30 dBm in VLOS or almost, will work within VLOS without most issues as long as the antennas are extended, antenna orientation is almost immaterial unless you are at fringe of signal range or...