Here's your wonderful government in action. These towers should be sold to hams, not scrapped - what a waste! http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=5649967&convertTo=USD#I temManifest
And how long do you think that would take to accomplish?? Years, probably. And who do you think would have to pay for all the storage and hand-holding it would take to sell all those towers to hams (
No, it's NOT our government. It's a company that BOUGHT stuff from the government and is reselling it. Our government appears to have done exactly what you wanted it to do -- it sold off what it didn
Oh come on. They have their auction web site already set up and it has been for years. They would simply list each tower as an auction item and let the bidders go at it. If some or all didn't sell, t
Wouldn't the point be to allow someone to buy them and be the reseller instead of destroying them? Les W2LK And how long do you think that would take to accomplish?? Years, probably. And who do you t
Not true. GovLiquidation is a contractor to the government and by requiring mutilation to the extent that the towers cannot be used as originally intended, they are following the government's mandate
if that picture on the first lot is of the actual towers they have already violated one of the conditions of the destruction, that no pictures be taken! if that is representative of the towers they a
Jim, It's a company that BOUGHT stuff from the government and is reselling it. No, this is the government that is requiring "demilitarization" - total destruction of the trailer mounted towers. Note
Not necessarily waste. It costs the government more to sell it than it does to trash it. It would be sold at less than "new" value but the paperwork chain would cost a lot more. Best Regards Dan Scha
On 9/11/2012 11:18 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: No, this is the government that is requiring "demilitarization" - total destruction of the trailer mounted towers. Note that the description requires th
Oo Moment I wish all the experts on these ham radio list services we have, that appear to know so much about running governments and small companies would get off their rear-ends and go work for thes
Many of us serve in different ways, based on our time and talents. I do a lot of volunteer work in the form of technical writing aimed at education. So have W8JI, K1TTT, and W3LPL. Jim Lux, W6RMK and
Yes Jim, My comment was tongue-in-cheek directed to the whiners... not the doers like you ;-) --Original Message-- Many of us serve in different ways... ______________________________________________
No, it's NOT our government. It's a company that BOUGHT stuff from the government and is reselling it. Our government appears to have done exactly what you wanted it to do -- it sold off what it didn
Not if they've been classified as requiring "demilitarization", which in this case means reducing to shredded scrap metal. Granted, it's not obvious why these have been classified as such. Sometimes,
On 9/11/12 11:12 AM, Doug Ronald wrote: Not true. GovLiquidation is a contractor to the government and by requiring mutilation to the extent that the towers cannot be used as originally intended, the
Author: Jon Pearl - W4ABC <jonpearl@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:01:22 -0400
I'm thinking that an a little ingenuity in the form of a few crisp new one hundred dollar bills could easily overcome any paperwork obstacles once off of their property. Jon Pearl - W4ABC www.w4abc.c
On 9/11/2012 2:45 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 9/11/2012 11:37 AM, David Jordan wrote: I wish all the experts on these ham radio list services we have, that appear to know so much about running government
It costs the government more to sell it than it does to trash it. It would be sold at less than "new" value but the paperwork chain would cost a lot more. Although selling does require a bit more pap
On 9/11/12 11:17 AM, David Robbins wrote: if that picture on the first lot is of the actual towers they have already violated one of the conditions of the destruction, that no pictures be taken! if t