I like that dog one! It is really cool.
Jose - KK4JZX
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 4:44 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Free Matter For The Blind
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
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