[ETS/PARC List] THIRD ANNUAL ARRL ON-LINE AUCTION SET FOR OCTOBER

[Drew Moore]

THIRD ANNUAL ARRL ON-LINE AUCTION SET FOR OCTOBER 

The Third Annual ARRL On-Line Auction kicks off October 23, running
until November 1 on the ARRL Web site <http://www.arrl.org/auction>.
This is your chance to pick up one-of-a-kind Amateur Radio items. To see
what the Auction will offer this year, be sure to check out the Auction
preview that begins October 16. Last year, the Auction attracted more
than 3000 registered bidders from more than 40 countries. While the
majority of buyers were from the USA, Canada and the UK, there were
buyers from Australia, Malaysia, Grenada, Vietnam and Tanzania.

According to ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, "Last
year's on-line auction -- our second -- proved to be a successful and
enjoyable event for both hams and ARRL staff members alike. When the
bidding ended, we realized that we had sold 162 items and raised just
over $50,000." Proceeds from the auction benefit ARRL education programs
including activities to license new hams, strengthen Amateur Radio's
emergency service training, offer continuing technical and operating
education, as well as creating instructional materials. 

ARRL Business Services Manager Deb Jahnke, K1DAJ, encouraged everyone to
come and peruse the wide variety of offerings: "Browse through the Web
site frequently, as items will be added on a daily basis. We also
encourage you to look through the 'Help' and 'About Us' sections. You'll
find useful information about bidding, FAQs and a host of other facts.
To ensure an enjoyable experience, please be sure to read all policies
under the 'About Us' section." 

This year's auction will again include many transceivers and other items
that have appeared in the QST Product Review column and have thus been
thouroughly tested by the ARRL Lab. There will be many vintage items
offered, as well. Also, returning by popular demand will be four ARRL
Lab unique "junque" boxes. These boxes have a starting bid of $50 and
have almost anything you could ever possibly imagine in them. No one --
except the ARRL Lab staff -- knows what exactly is inside each box, but
each is guaranteed to be full of things that the Lab staff consider
valuable (but keep in mind that they collect just about anything). 

Jahnke said that due to many requests last year, "all product review
items in the On-Line Auction include a link to a PDF file of the actual
Product Review, as well as a reference to the QST issue that the review
appeared in."