[Elecraft] Previous rig for sale here...

[David Cole]

No kidding on that!  I had tagged it in my head as a fraud, and I know
the fellow!  Easy to do, and as you said, in today's market all too
often happening.
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On Mon, 2014-04-07 at 07:24 -0700, AA6VO wrote:
> Tell Greg to repost the ad giving his contact info (email, phone). He
> should spell it phonetically so a bot cannot pick it up. Also include his
> fathers call sign to add credibility. Also, to help make a sale, he should
> have pictures available on another site or by email.
> 
> Sadly there are many folks committing Internet fraud, and the savvy users
> on this reflector are just trying to help prevent a ripoff.
> 
> Steve  AA6VO
> 
> On Monday, April 7, 2014, David Cole [via Elecraft] <
> ml-node+s365791n7586767h54 at n2.nabble.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Previously there was a K3 for sale here, and a question was brought up
> > as to the validity of the seller.  This was the rig with the son selling
> > for his father.  The son was out of the US when he posted the ad on
> > Craig's list, which is why it showed as not from the US.  The father's
> > health is failing, and he is moving to be closer to his children.
> >
> > As it turns out I know the Father, (we worked together in MARS for a
> > number of years), so I drove up to look at the rig, and to say hello to
> > an old friend whom I had lost contact with.  The rig and owner live in
> > Salem Oregon, and I live in Eugene, Oregon, so the drive was only about
> > 70 or so miles.
> >
> > While the radio was not the one I wanted, the seller is real, and the
> > rig is in 7 or 8 out of 10 for physical condition, no visible scratches,
> > but the new look is gone.  It seemed to work, I am very new at using a
> > K3, so all I can say is it powered up, it tuned a few stations, it
> > transmitted, and teh ATU looked like it was working.
> >
> > It has the stock filters, no Sub RX, and the Panadapter's front panel is
> > in good shape, with the exception of one cross threaded screw on the
> > upper right top as you look at it from the front.  It also has the ATU,
> > and the Voice memory.  He has the original receipt for it from Elecraft.
> > Beyond that I can not say anything more about working condition. YMMV
> >
> > Given that you have all been so kind as to allow me to generate a large
> > number of posts/questions, and you have all answered every question I
> > have asked, I thought this would help to pay some of the kindness back
> > to the list by posting the results of my ventures looking at this
> > particular K3.
> >
> >
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