[GreenKeys] More cleaning up!

[Ralph Irish]

Hi guys.  Me again.

It seems to me that in the past month or so, someone was talking about crystals.  I found a
flock of them in the garage this afternoon.

In getting a few things together to take to a swap in the morning, I ran across a medium size
box of  CRYSTALS .  There are at least three different types of holders, but more could be 
lurking in envelopes and bags.  I have quite a number of these three types (size and shape):



The only holder type I can identify is the pair in the center.  They are the old, venerable
FT-243 type.  They can be taken apart and the innards dabbled with for those who know how.

The larger ones on the right can be taken apart but it is a bit more work. On either
side of the pins there is a screw head buried under some kind of sealant.  I am guessing
that this could be scraped out and then a screw head of some kind would show.  (Guesswork!)

The ones on the left might be classified as HC-6U but that is just something I pulled out
of my head.  There is or was such a designation (or something very close).

I do not have a count of anything.

I am willing to sell them to someone who knows how to count.  I will pack the entire 
batch up in a large USPS Flat Rate Box and ship it to whomever speaks up.  This is not a
FTGH situation.  I want postage and 2 cents per crystal.  This means that if there are
500 crystals, and I think that is a high guess, one would pay $10.00 plus about $16.50
shipping.  (The exact amount will show prominently on the box.)

Someone could spend a number of evenings when there is nothing worthwhile on TV and 
do a sort and count.  I will accept the count of whomever takes them.  And, I'm not in
a big hurry to be paid.  A month or two would be fine.

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I have two more photos to show.  One is a distance photo of the box, and the other is a
close up photo of the contents.

   
I think this box is one designed to hold 10 reams of standard office paper, but I could be wrong.
There is a lot of 'waste space' in there and I will get a lot, or hopefully everything into a 
Large USPS Flat Rate Box.



This may not be the deal of the century, but for someone who may need crystals and is willing to do a
bit of work, it might be just right.

Anything that won't fit into a Large Flat Rate Box will be shipped in a small Flat Rate box, at my
expense.  (That is around $8.00)  So, as you can see this is not a money maker.  I've been to a few
swaps where someone had a great inventory of crystals, all identified by frequency, etc, and was
asking $1.00 and $2.00 each.  This is just a lot of work for someone and there might be a few items
in there that are useful to you or the buyer, and who knows who else?

I don't have a clue as to whether any of these could 'multiply' up to 6 or 2 Meters.  I do doubt, though,
as to whether any are actually  IN  any  of our Ham Bands, but I have not gone through them.  

Envelopes may contain two to five items.  Plastic bags are not clear here, but they hold a lot of
items each.

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Anyone interested please respond off list.  

Now, stop laughing at me!

73,

Ralph - W8ROI


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