Todd sorry we could'nt eyeball QSO. But gald you had a good time. Re the Hamcation, well I found a fair amount of bargins.
I bought an entire spare set of 833's for my Gates for $40. Pair of 4-400 and 6146 for $20. A big box of .22ufd @ 600WVDC - must be better that 350 in there ( the side of the box is stamped 387) paid $25 for the case A bunch of mil connectors for under a buck a piece. Two Heath mobnile power supplies for $10. I passed up a Heath Cheyenn & Comanche for $80 with both 12 & 110 ps. A little too rough. Also passed up a R390A for $125. Too many projects - life is too short, etc. Also missed a SP600 in very restorable shape for $75. Bought original manuals for several Halicrafers radios @ $1 - $5 a piece. I couldn't pass up the phone patch for my TR7 - $10. Brought my own lunch & coffee! Saved a bundle there. But I bought a new 706MKIIG - first new radio I have ever bought. Ahhh, that new radio smell. Now where the heck to mount the DK4 screwdriver antenna on the old Lebaron? I just did'nt care for that parking lot called Interstate 4!! HI! de KA4JVY Mark --- "Todd, KA1KAQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My apologies up front to those who receive this post on multiple > lists: I received comments and suggestions from several places, and > the information might be of interest as well. > > Thanks to everyone who offered tips and suggestions for the Tampa, > Florida area. While I didn't make it to Skycraft Surplus or another > place suggested to me, I did visit a few places folks might find worth > the trip. > > First, I did make it to 'Hamcation' in Orlando last Friday. > Unfortunately for me it would appear that Satruday is likely the > better day. The outdoor fleamarket was perhaps 1/4 the size of the > Hosstraders hamfest in Hopkinton, NH, just for reference. Some of the > items seen were: Collins 75A-4 w/speaker for a mere $3K, a decent > SP-600 for $495 (owner says he had turned down an offer of $350 > earlier), two Collins 30S-1 amps for $1650 and $1750, and a BC-939(?) > antenna tuner for the BC-610 in so-so shape for a mere $400. Big Gates > console for $400. Homebrew quad of what looked like 3-500Z transmitter > for '10 meter AM or FM' for $1500, a D-104 (nothing special, 1980s > model with push bar on base and japanese aftermarket lever on side > bar) for $250, another next to it with no lever for $150. Also saw a > Halli transmitter and receiver set up (the numbers escape me, but they > look like the SR-150) with no price, 'make me an offer' by the owner. > Someone else had a Hallicrafters power supply for one of the > HA-whatever converters for $25, probably the steal of the hamfest. I > purchased 100' of 14 gauge wire from the Wireman for an antenna > project, and a couple of 3-wafer ceramic switches for 25¢ each. Ran > into a Vermont plate, W1TX. Talked with him a bit. Also spoke with a > guy who had just fixed a friend's DX-100. No one seemed to know > anything about an AM group, other than the frequencies you could find > them on some mornings. I was hoping for an 'AM corral' or similar, but > no joy. Saw a couple of guys intently fiddling with what looked like > some kind of Chinese military backpack radio. But....$3K for a 75A-4? > $250 for a run-of-the-mill D-104? "Y'all" are mighty proud of your > gear! I won't get into the traffic situation, but I can see why > people camp there for days. > > Also visited two museums. The first is, by FAR, the best private radio > museum I've ever seen, and probably the largest collection of WWII > Japanese radios in the country, maybe the world. Col. William Howard > was kind enough to invite me and my YL tour guide to visit his > collections and museum, and I'm certainly glad we made the trip there. > Bill has an extensive collection of not only WWII Japanese gear, but > many of the important pieces of radio gear and other developments from > pre-WWII to present. He also has story boards along the walls > detailing specific events or giving in-depth descriptions of > particular items, people, and so on. And he doesn't have only radio > gear - he has paper, uniforms, ordinance, models, displays, and some > very significant historical artifacts. He also has a vast amount of > knowledge and experience. I never knew that Bill was active in > collecting and analyzing enemy gear in Viet Nam, for example. He has a > great deal of information on his unit's activities there, as well as > many of the artifacts collected. I got a kick out of the chinese radio > riddled with bullet holes. Not much use, but interesting in the > historical perspective. It's impossible to go into great detail here, > suffice it to say that it is well worth a visit. Bill is a great host, > provides very detailed directions for getting there, and is very > devoted to preserving our history. Why, he even has a couple of > operating Stuart tanks! My only regret is not having a day or two more > to spend looking things over and reading everything. Thanks again, > Bill. > > Final stop was the Florida International Museum in St Petersburg, > which has a wonderful Cold War display centered around the Cuban > Missile Crisis. They have rooms furnished with everything you'd have > seen from that era, right down to the reading materials and kitchen > appliances even period B&W TV sets with old newscasts playing on them. > The also have many interesting CD posters, hand-written notes > scribbled by JFK during his meetings with his staff about what to do, > even a complete, de-commissioned SA-2 surface-to-air missile is on > display. They also have a typical fallout shelter, complete with > bunks,yellow Gonset Gooney box, and canned rations. Other radios on > display were used in the movie '13 Days' and include a small National > (SW-54?) and Zenith Trans-Oceanic. Along the walls, from beginning to > end, are large printed updates by date and time, of the unfolding of > events from the first discovery of missiles to the final deal and > removal. It was much more than I expected from the description given > to me, and very much worth seeing. > > So again, many thanks to those who offered suggestions and help. I'm > sorry I wasn't able to catch up with Mark, Andy, and some of the > others who attended the Orlando 'fest, looks like I was a day early. > Maybe next time? And for any of you in, around, or visiting the > Tampa/Clearwater area - take my advice and visit Col William Howard's > museum and the Florida International Museum. I've only scratched the > surface here, there is so much more to see. > > de Todd/'Boomer' KA1KAQ > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com
