MELCAHOON

[KC8KZY]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (k9zmd @ Dec. 08 2002,21:54)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">&quot;Melcahoon&quot; has recently listed some nice equipment for sale: two TS-2000 xcvrs at attractive price, and a TH-78A w/accessories, also attractive price. #But -
No callsign or identifiable name (20+ Cahoons have FCC license, none named Mel; no Melcahoons listed). #No address. #Phone number not searchable in anywho.com -
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Does seem strange, huh? Did you send him an email asking for this info, so you can check him out, or won&#39;t he answer?

Tom /KC8KZY

[K9ZMD]

Steve Blackwell, KB7TEF, is &quot;melcahoon&quot;, but those ads seem to have disappeared shortly after my original inquiry. #
# # An email reply tipped me that melcahoon may be KB7TEF, based on an Internet search of #melcahoon&#39;s phone number. #Later, my own Internet searches on that number drew hits that linked it to Steve&#39;s call sign, his other telephone number, and his street address.
# # On about Dec 11th, I sent an email to Steve asking if he&#39;d posted the ads &amp; still had the equipment for sale (hoped that he had, as I&#39;m more comfortable talking with a ham about equipment for sale). #
# # As of Dec 24th, no reply from Steve. #Lots of things could account for his silence, so it isn&#39;t fair to draw any conclusions. #Although I&#39;m not comfortable with the situation, anyone else still interested in buying from him can check his ads (for mucho equipment, including the same stuff listed by melcahoon) on qth.com, eham.net, &amp; qrz.com (search kb7tef). #Many of those ads were posted since this string started. #K9ZMD # # CL