Hello Everyone,

In the thread about " Selling 52 Simplex Radios", the following
comments were made by Mike Coslo, "Rabbi Phil" and myself:

QUOTE:


Michael Coslo wrote:
Rabbi Phil wrote:
My friend Lennie Schwartz owns a radio store and was stuck with
close
to a hundred 52 simplex radios he could not sell. As his Rabbi &
chief
Sanhedrin, Lennie asked me for advice. Now Lennie has three
gorgeous
college-age daughters, so I had Lennie get them some cute little
outfits,
tight tops and tight short-shorts, similar to what the Hooters
girls wear.
We had the following message boldly printed on the butt end of the
shorts
and across the bust area of the tops:

"I MONITOR 52 SIMPLEX"


In less that 24 hours, Lennie sold all his 52 simplex radios at
five times
the
original asking price and had to order more. Every male ham of any

age swamped Lennie's radio store and demanded a 52 simplex radio.


NOTE FOR HANS: It is not the message that is so important, as how
you
communicate the message.

The only thing worse than being witty is not being witty.

Come on, you can do better! 8^)

Hey Mike...It's not THAT far fetched...Burghardt in NY has had that
young lady in the tight fitting sweater for years...Musta beem selling
SOMEthing!

UNQUOTE:

So...later this morning I received a private e-mail from one of
RRAP'S regular posters.

I have snipped the person's name, call sign and e mail headers
since the letter was sent in private e-mail. However the e-mail made
some very damning comments and a not-so-subtle threat.

QUOTE:

In rrap Steve Robeson wrote:

Burghardt in NY has had that
young lady in the tight fitting sweater
for years...Musta beem selling SOMEthing!

73

Steve, K4YZ

Burghardt Amateur Center is not in NY. It's a family business which
was established by Stan Burghardt, W0IT (SK) 68 years ago in a small
South Dakota town.

A few years ago one of Stan's long-time employees, Jim Smith W0MJY,
purchased the business from Stan and became the second owner. It
remains a family owned business, and the lady you mention is Jim's
daughter, Michele, KC0MYV, a wholesome midwesterner who is very active
in running the "business side" of the store. Often she is pictured
standing alongside her dad in their QST ads, never in my knowledge in a
provocative sweater.

The sleazy nudge-nudge insinuation in your "Musta beem seeling
SOMEthing!" comment is one of the lowest forms of attack I've ever seen
on rrap. I'll expect to see a sincere unconditional apology on rrap by
the end of today, or I'll consider forwarding your trashy comments to
Michele and Jim.

UNQUOTE

Here's my response to this "letter", made in a very public forum so
that the correspondant can't make any other assinine insinuations or
out-of-context editorializing:

(1) I stand corrected on the South Dakota -vs- New York. My
bust.

(2) I am sure the young lady is very good at what she does, and
is every bit the "wholesome" person you report. I NEVER said anything
to the contrary. You are welcome to cite the part of the post wherein
I said differently, but you and I both know it's not there.

(3) The young lady's character and wholesomeness notwithstanding,
THEY obviously had NO PROBLEM in posing her in a tight sweater,
profile, in order to attract some male attention to thier ads. "Rabbi
Phil" commented about someone else "selling radios" with pictures of
pretty women. I pointed out that another Amateur dealer had been doing
the same thing, and obviously it worked. Pictures of pretty women sell
everything from soft drinks to firearms to high speed automobiles.
Amateur Radio is no different. No problem.

Now, Dear Anonymous Writer (anonymous HERE...since you and I both
know who you are)...You can go RIGHT AHEAD and forward ANYthing you
like to ANY one you like. Tell them about "how trashy" the item was,
if you want, but it IS archived right ehre in Google.

You took offense...Too bad for you. You know as well as I do that
people can "take offense" at the most innocent of comments
all-the-while letting morbid profanity and bold threats roll off thier
backs. This is one of those moments.

Have a nice day.

Steve, K4YZ