[GreenKeys] Dovetron Auction

[George B. Hutchison]

GreenKeyers - - -

I have been looking at the Dovetron Auction, and it looks like an End
User's Certificate would be a major rub, in that they state it takes about
three months to get an initial certificate, with  certificates for
subsequent auctions taking about two weeks. I believe it also implies that
each person receiving a unit would have to have some manner of EUC.

One GreenKeyer was recently visited by the feds because he had an H-P 105
Frequency Standard with a Gov't Stock Number that indicated it was Missile
Systems Equipment. They spend considerable money having investigators
wander all over hell's half-acre checking out who has acquired equipment
not considered saleable to a foreign entity.

I have a friend who is in the Junque Business who knows all the ropes of
dealing with Federal Auctions. I will see if he would be willing to render
any assistance in getting this lot.

A recent ebay auction featured a Dovetron sold by a regular ebay seller. I
was outbid.

After the auction was concluded, the seller contacted me by e-mail
offering me a unit for the price I had bid on the auction item. I was
shocked and dismayed that ANYONE would dare to violate ebay rules. I
suspect that the seller's source of a multiplicity of Dovetrons was an
auction similar to the one Jack mentioned.

Another consideration is who would go and pick them up and ship them to
wherever? Proper packing and shipping takes time and money. Also, what
condition are they in??

Not trying to throw water on the campfire,  but having been a principal in
the logistics of the great Irv Hoff Mouse Machine Adventure (28KSRs, 160
of them) back in the late 60s, the factors mentioned above must be looked
at.

I will talk to my friend tonight or tomorrow, and report what I find out.

73,

George, W7KSJ