Hey Robert, don't joke about my dawg! Smile.  Jim WA6EKS

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Robert C <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:15:59 -0700
Subject: Re: Free Matter For The Blind

	Straight from the source...

<http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_027.htm

	Indeed its not wise to even joke about something we could 
lose due to
abuse.

Quote of the nanosecond . . .
Where do you find a dog with no legs?
  --Right where you left it.
Robert & Dreamer Doll  ke7nwn
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On 9/11/2012 11:01 AM, Jim Gammon wrote:
 I remember mailing a large box of print books to the local
 Recording for the Blind office.  I mailed the box which weighed
 probably 30 pounds from Berkeley to Palo Alto maybe 40 miles
 distant and it got there just fine in a few days.  The post
 office didn't complain at all, just asked me what was in the 
box.
 I told them it was books in print to be recorded for use by 
blind
 people, back before RFB was not RFB and d.  They do have the
 right to open and inspect the contents as I recall.  Jim WA6EKS


 ----- Original Message -----
 From: Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]
 To: [log in to unmask]
 Date sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:45:12 -0500
 Subject: Re: Old keyer available

 We do "fre matter" mailings from my office, large print for the
 most
 part and they usually arrive the next day, as good as first
 class.  Before I learned that I also thought that free matter
 went
 with the magazines and advertising!
 Pat, K9JAUAt 02:33 AM 9/11/2012, you wrote:
 is there an actual definition somewhere of what can be 
considered
 as free
 matter for the blind?
 I always kind of considered it to be the slowest method of
 sending something
 for free too, or from a blind person.
 Regardless of the package contents...though the braille or large
 print thing
 seems sensible.
 I've received quite a number of packages sent via free matter 
for
 the blind
 that were certainly not braille or print materials lol.
 Hey, if the chinese can mark "toy" on their radios when they 
send
 them to
 north america, then I'm sure one can pretty easily send a keyer
 via free
 matter.
 73
 Colin, V A6BKX
 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
 To: <[log in to unmask]
 Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 10:06 PM
 Subject: Re: Old keyer available


   Well shucks Steve, if I put braille on the outside, who's 
gonna
   know? Anyway, it wouldn't cost that much to ship the thing.  I
   wondered who would catch me on my lose interpretation of the
 Free
   Matter deal! Jim

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]
   To: [log in to unmask]
   Date sent: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:18:10 -0400
   Subject: Re: Old keyer available

   Jim,

   You can't send that keyer Free Matter; it has nothing to do 
with
   blindness.
   Free Matter only applies to braille or print, and possibly to
   some
   authorized devices such as NLS equipment, but definitely not 
to
   that keyer.

   Steve

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]
   To: <[log in to unmask]
   Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 20:01
   Subject: Old keyer available


   Hi list, I have an old Curtis keyer circa 1973 or so.  I would
   like to trade it for something but I don't know what.  The 
thing
   works fine on either AC or a 9 VDC battery, not included.  
Also
   am not including a paddle or straight key.  The keyer works
   great
   and I also put a 1/8 inch audio jack in the top so you can
   connect it to another speaker or whatever else you might want.
   If interested, contact me off list [log in to unmask] I
   should be able to send it free matter because it's a
   communications device.  73, Jim WA6EKS