First ARRL Online Auction Planned for October:
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The ARRL Letter, Vol 25, No 30
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July 28, 2006
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First ARRL Online Auction Planned for October:
The ARRL may be giving eBay and the other auction sites a little competition
in the Amateur Radio arena this fall when the first ARRL Online Auction gets
under way. Auction proceeds will help to support the League's educational
services and programs. The event now is in the planning stages, says ARRL
Business Services Manager Deb Jahnke, K1DAJ.
"We will soon embark on an exciting new venture," Jahnke said in providing
the broad strokes of the online auction to ARRL Headquarters staff members.
Jahnke and her Business Services team will organize and manage the event,
which is planned for late October -- the exact dates haven't been set yet --
and she promises it will be lots of fun.
"This will not be just another boring auction, because we plan to include
many unique and special items related to Amateur Radio," she said. "We are
hoping to offer items that will interest our audience, ranging from
DXpedition vacation rentals to restored Collins 75A4s." Jahnke says this
inaugural online auction will be limited to 100 items.
The auction will be open to all -- ARRL members and otherwise. Bidders just
need online access to take part. "With an online auction, we can reach
potential bidders across the nation and around the world," Jahnke pointed
out.
Jahnke says she anticipates that the online auction will be open for about
two weeks, and participants will need to register in advance. At this stage,
she says, the auction planners are seeking additional ideas but no auction
booty as yet. Contact Jahnke via e-mail
djahnke@arrl.org;.
Source:
The ARRL Letter
Vol. 25, No. 30
July 28, 2006
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by KE4KRN on July 30, 2006
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Well how about that? This should be a real good event. I look forward to the auction.
Bill 73 KE4KRN
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by KC5FOG on July 30, 2006
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Hopefully the ARRL will make the auctions a little more "fair and trustworthily". That’s the main reason I don't do much buying off EBay is they don't do anything about shill bidders and the whole auction boils down to a couple of people "sniping" their bid in at the last minute or paying a service to do it for them.
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by W9WHE-II on July 31, 2006
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FIRST arrl copied the EQSL concept and called it LOTW.
NOW, arrl wants to copy the Ebay concept. Pity arrl can't come up with some ORIGINAL thinking.
Would YOU trust arrl more then Ebay? Not me.
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by WR8D on August 1, 2006
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Wonder if they'll retrofit any of their old rigs with a "roger beep" for their new style members? I had to ask!! 73 John WR8D:
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by KG4RUL on August 2, 2006
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"Hopefully the ARRL will make the auctions a little more "fair and trustworthily". "
Of course they will!
They can just re-use the software from LOTW. That will mean that each bidder will get to renew their certificate daily or maybe even hourly to ensure the autheticity of each bid.
OR
Maybe K1MAN will bid on and win W1AW and thereby have a legal way to be a broadcaster.
Dennis KG4RUL
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