[Boatanchors] Re: [Drake] FS-4

[bonddaleena at aol.com]

Ted, yes, I wet to Martyn's house back when I lived in Kentucky, about 
10 miles from him. He had a Yaesu Transverter for my 901DM and I had 
been searching for a couple of years. These things are not too rare, if 
they have only one or 2 VHF bands in them. I had a complete 901DM 
station a couple of years before that time and I REALLY enjoyed. At 
that time I didn't have the room, and the 6 Meter Transverter (10 W) 
would not drive my pair of 3-500Zs.
Having dealt with him when he was "Multicomm 2000", I knew of his 
'rep'. Back in the late 90's, he told me that he was involved with a 
group of guys back in his country of England.
So, I wanted to see the Yaesu for myself. Of COURSE (!!) it was from 
his personal collection, **MINT**, **LOOK**, ad nauseam.
He said it worked perfectly, which was strange, since he did NOT have a 
901DM.... He included the necessary interconnect cable that was a mess. 
When I got home, I discovered the cable did not even match either end!
No problem, as I was primarily interested in the 6 Meter Module. It was 
OK, and I tested and sold the 432 and 144 Modules and cabinet on eBay.

Right now he dhas a BEAUTIFUL Collins 75A-4 on there. Of course, it's 
from his 'private collection'. He will be selling the KWS-1 also.

I have to admit, he does INDEED have some nice stuff on there. Having 
lived in Ky, I can vouch for the fact that there is NO WAY h
e's getting 
the stuff locally. I don't know where he gets it....

A short time he listed an old entry level Heathkit receiver. It too was 
listed as *MINT**, etc. It was the ugliest pile of rust I( have ever 
seen. (and I have been through some REAL dogs!!).

I know for a fact, he has multiple IDs and bids against his own 
equipment to drive the price up.

All this I reallllly don't give a darn about. If somebody want to pay 
his price and are aware of his methods, cool with me.

What I DO care about is the way he parts out a radio to make more $. 
This just makes the new owner have to struggle to get it back up to 
where it was, IF he can even find the accessories.....

Why he does it? Unemployed, a Citizen? I doubt it. His call? Unknown....

Happy Holidays!

ron

N4UE

(eBay ID= " radiorestorations")


-----Original Message-----
From: ted <n3zrx at verizon.net>
To: bonddaleena at aol.com
Sent: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 7:10 am
Subject: Re: [Drake] FS-4


Hi Ron 
Ok on not being from our buddy. I can not understand why he lies the 
way he does. If you have met him maybe you can shed some insight on 
this .. 
Back in nov of 04 I bought a Drake tr-4 from him. In the photos he 
displayed it looked great. What I received was a dented non working and 
very poorly packed tr-4 . I connected everything to it and found it non 
working no vfo functio
n and stuck on a single frequency on every band. 
After I called him I was then able to ship it back for a refund but I 
was out shipping both ways . I then began to watch him like a hawk . He 
re listed this item with the same crappy lies and probably stuck it to 
some other poor unsuspecting ham.. 
After this I can not tell you how many HORROR stories i have been told 
about from other people who have had very bad dealings with this Crook. 
73 &Merry Christmas... 
Ted Wright 
n3zrx 
 
bonddaleena at aol.com wrote: 
> Ted, no, it's not from 'ole RM. However, he DOES have a beautiful > 
Collins 75A-4 for auction that he (falsely, as usual) states is "from > 
my own collection". 
> I have been to his dump of a house and his 'radio room' (??) was 
about > 8' X 5'. An old piece of nasty, unfinished, rough piece of 
plywood for > his operating 'table'. 
> His antenna 'farm', was what appeared to be a 40 Meter dipole up a > 
whopping 15 or so feet. 
> 
> Yep, I am on his 'trouble maker' list. ha ha 
> 
> I have tried to report him to the Kentucky Revenue Department. He is 
a > Foreigner, has no job, and I'll bet he pays not one penny in 
taxes!!! > He DOES make a fortune from eBay sales, and he damm sure 
should be > paying taxes on it..... 
> 
> 
> ron 
> 
> N4UE 
> 
> 
> -----O
riginal Message----- 
> From: ted <n3zrx at verizon.net> 
> To: bonddaleena at aol.com 
> Sent: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 9:17 pm 
> Subject: Re: [Drake] FS-4 
> 
> 
> If It is From Radio-Mart STAY AWAY !!!!!!!!!!! THAT GUY IS A THIEVING 
 > LYING CROOK. > > bonddaleena at aol.com wrote: >> >> >> Hi. I tried to 
send this message to the List yesterday, but my > > subscription had 
expired... >> >> Anyway, being a big Drake fan, look on eBay at the NIB 
FS-4 someone > > has for sale. >> Also notice the asking price! >> Yes, 
I know very well that 'asking' and 'actual' prices can be > > 
significantly different! >> >> tnx >> ron >> N4UE 
> 
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