Went to the only good hamfest left in these parts on Sunday. It was the Breezeshooters fest and it turned out pretty good after starting off slowly. Vendors and customers seemed to arrive late. I had to leave at 11AM to go to a funeral home, but there was still a lot of interesting stuff going on there. Weather was threatening all morning but never got past the threatening stage.
I did not set up with my WASH club members because I knew I was leaving early. Many of the usual local hamfest stalwarts were missing or maybe arrived after I left. Bob McCully showed up with his Como truck, as did the usual AMers who set up in "left field" near the airport. Boatanchors seen: WS #19 Mark II with rack, PS, dogbone and canvas cover. $40 sold one step ahead of me. Heathkit Seneca. $25 sold Various EFJ small matchboxes (unsold I think) National NC-300 $250 unsold Hammarlund HQ-129x didn't get price HRO 5TA1 with coils, PS and speaker, beautiful $475 unsold EFJ Ranger I with nicely restored paint job, $350 unsold KWM 2A with PM-2 and case $850 unsold KWM2 in nice shape $600 unsold National doghouse supply $10 sold Tons of tubes, many sold Tons of Tek, HP, Wavetek test gear, all unsold I think PRC 25 with antenna, $200 unsold Rusty homebrew MOPA with 2 211 tubes, $100 unsold Clegg 22er didn't get price Heath Twoer with mic $25 unsold, I think 2 SBE 33's didn't get price unsold I think Several unspecial Zenith Transoceanics didn't get price A fair number of wooden BCB antiques, nothing rare that I saw There was not a lot of parts, though there was some which sold fairly well. There were some handbooks around, but most of the usual radio magazines and literature was absent. The typical Motorola commercial gear and repeaters was available, plus all the expected solid state ham gear. My purchases were as off-the-wall as it comes. I bought two clamp-on lights and a clamp-on shelf stand that might be useful. A guy showed up with these big, beautiful Pelican cases with some foam in them for $25 each and I bought two of them. Not sure what I'll use them for, but these sell for $3-$400 new and are great for safe transport of just about anything. I bought two Clough-Brengle 1934 o'scopes for $20. I hated to do it. But with original manual and one claimed to be working, I could not pass them up. The club had been donated a set of RTTY-related stuff that no one seemed to want so I picked it up for a $20 donation. It includes a WE and other brand big loop supplies with ESU connectors, plus two homebrew RTTY TX interfaces that are quite sophisticated and very well made. One is old enough to use only octal tubes. And that's the full report as I know it. I was in such a rush and everyone arrived so slowly as the day wore on, that I am sure I missed a lot. Anyone care to add anything? Anyone have a report on the Rochester fest? 73, Don Merz, N3RHT ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
