I've had one similar experience with a ham in KY. I asked about parts for a
Butternut antenna on another reflector and got a reply from him. He stated
that a ham friend of his had seen my post and told him about it. We agreed
on the price for the parts and I sent him a MO. Later no parts, no reply to
emails, and no answer to a letter to his address. I looked him up in
QRZ.com and it was a good call sign, name, and address. I contacted his
"friend" who had never heard of him.
I sent my $2 in to the USPS who came back after the required time and said
that the MO had been cashed. I reported it to the Postal Inspectors, but
obviously it wasn't enough money to get them excited about investigating the
fraud.
David C. Hallam
KC2JD
-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Paul Whatton
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:46 AM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Buyer beware!
Hi Richard
I'm not quite ready to go public yet. I'm giving him one last chance and
since he isn't answering my emails any more (the excuse was computer
problems when I spoke to him on his cell), I'll be writing a recorded
delivery letter this week giving him a limited time to send the boards
or return my money. If he doesn't do that you'll all know for sure
because I'll publish the whole of our email correspondence on the web..
But I wanted to put something in here by way of warning. His early
emails to me implied he may be selling other gear and so some of you may
be offered things.
Enough for now. I just hope he sends either the boards or my money back
and that it is resolved.
And I'll leave Ian to pick up the point about tetrode control :-)
73 Paul G4DCV
R. Measures wrote:
>
> What is his name, callsign, and address. What frequencies does he
> frequently operate on?
>>
>
> Tetrodes don't need sophisticated circuitry, they need appropriate
> design and, for those with handles, they need a 3AG fuse in the
> primary of the screen PSU xfmr. Also, all tetrodes need a shunt
> screen current bleeder to handle reverse screen-I.
>
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