[AMRadio] Good hamfest?

[Mel Farrer]

Don't miss the Gold Country Hamfest in Burson, CA, HAM only May 12th, 2012. CU there in Heavy Metal Country.

Mel, K6KBE

--- On Sun, 2/12/12, Mike Duke, K5XU <k5xu at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Mike Duke, K5XU <k5xu at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Good hamfest?
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 4:38 PM

Okay, guys.

Go to your calendar for 2013, and circle Friday and Saturday, January 
25 and 26.

Next, write in really big letters: "Jackson, Mississippi Hamfest."

Then, get a good rolling, running, or ice skating start in whatever 
direction is necessary from your QTH, in time to be in Jackson, 
Mississippi on those dates.

While our hamfest has its share of non-ham related stuff, it 
consistently has a good flea market that is pretty well balanced 
between classic boat anchors and more recent equipment.

Nearly 300 tables were sold ahead of the 2012 event which occurred 
last month.

While some computers and related items appear each year, the event is 
not promoted as a "ham radio & computer show."

Our hamfest has consistently drawn well over a thousand attendees for 
the past 8 years. Our highest head count thus far was 1285, which 
occurred 2 or 3 years ago. This year, we were right at 1100 attendees.

Beginning this year, we expanded the event to cover two of the show 
bays in the Mississippi Trade Mart, and have confirmed the same setup 
for 2013. This means there will be plenty of room, and plenty of 
tables.

Several individuals from this list have been in attendance numerous 
times, and a few others came for the first time this year.

To paraphrase Johnny Olsen, "Y'all come on down!"

Mike Duke, K5XU
Shameless Promoter,
Jackson Mississippi Hamfest, 2013


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernie Doran" <qedconsultants at embarqmail.com>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] hamfest?


I went to my first hamfest/computer show in many years today thinking 
I
might find some interesting AM gear.  ignoring the computer stuff, 
probably
only 20%. I saw a nice Halicrafters rx, about ten or so nice 
Heathkits, a
390A, perhaps 20 modern ssb transceivers.  all could have been on a 
thirty
foot table. What else? CB transceivers stacked six deep, Jewerly, auto 
truck
repair manuals, tire tools, dozens of record players, thousands of 
CDs, VHS
tapes etc. stuffed animals, candles and jellies, slide projectors, 
bobble
heads, hundreds of ink jet cartriges, light strings and Christmas
decorations, and best of all, syringes beside minature digital scales!

There probably were 400 people there so this must be what they want. 
It
looked like Wal Mart, 400 pounders waddling back and forth and 
stinking of
cigarette smoke.    This pretty much indicated to me why we have a 
different
type of operator on the ham bands.  However, trying to be objective, 
Those
of us who at least try to be polite, may well in a short period of 
time, if
not now, be in the minority and it could be argued that we are in the 
wrong
and out of step.

This looked simply like a flea market.    And, yes, before anyone 
says, if
you did not like it, do not go again.  I certainly will not.

Is this typical?    Bernie  W8RPW

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