[Elecraft] a story that will have a happy ending, soon (slightly OT)

[Bob Nielsen]

On Jan 11, 2006, at 6:24 AM, w2agn wrote:

> Steve Jackson wrote:
>
>> I was surfing on eBay and found auction #5852424318
>> for a partially-built K2, under circumstances I have
>> not seen before -- and certainly wish that it was not
>> so.
>> The rig is being sold by the owner's widow.
>> I did not know the sk N9PT myself, but I'd bet a
>> dollar he'd have wanted that rig completed and put on
>> the air.  I wish I could buy it myself and do just
>> that!
>>
>> Hopefully the new owner will come on here and let us
>> know when this particular radio is finished.
>>
>>
>>
> I really must ask. How come the moderator on QRP-L says that NO  
> mention of eBay is permitted, because the owner of QSL.NET/QTH.NET  
> forbids it, yet I see it frequently here on the Elecraft list?  
> Could there be some prevarication involved here?

I believe that qth.net was using a filter which dropped any messages  
with a mention of that site.  Perhaps that has changed or maybe this  
combination of upper/lower case didn't get caught by the filter.

It wasn't list-specific.

Bob, N7XY