[AMRadio] hamfest?

Mon Feb 13 21:15:18 EST 2012

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W9WRL

WAØSTX/4 wrote:
> Can someone tell me when the Berryville hamfest is?  
>
> Regards, 
> John WAØSTX/4
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill McCourt - WF1L [mailto:wemccourt at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:35 AM
> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] hamfest?
>
> Guys,
>  
> While I bemoan the loss of quality "junque" at hamfests with all of you,
> they are still a great place to socialize and meet some of the folks that
> you talk to on the air but never see face to face.
>  
> I've gone to several hamfests where I've spent more on the admision than
> stuff to bring home and still had an enjoyable time.  Hamfests are not just
> about hardware.
>  
> BTW, the Berryville hamfest is still going strong as of last year and the
> Ruritan group's barbeque lunch can not be beat.  
>  
> Bill - WF1L
> Reston, VA
>
> --- On Sun, 2/12/12, w8au at sssnet.com <w8au at sssnet.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: w8au at sssnet.com <w8au at sssnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] hamfest?
> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 10:40 PM
>
>
> Bernie:   Why didn't you call it by name?   Mansfield Hamfest  (OH) :-)
>
> I was there with a table.  Been there for years.  As you said, it was a flea
> market.  That's what all hamfests are and have been.  Now if you said Ham
> convention, then that's a different matter.
>
> I have always stuck to the radio gear, test equip and parts scenario, and
> still do.  I sold a 6 meter AM transceiver (proper content for this list)
> ;-) and a bunch of NOS Miller coils/xfmrs in original boxes, some soldering
> stations, plus a heavy Model 28 KSR teletype (that was a swap and thankfully
> I didn't have to carry it back out to the van!)
>
> I admit that the dress of some of the characters looks worse than a Walmart
> store, but that's just a reflection on our "dress down" society today.  I
> take it in stride and say "to each his own."   60 percent of the hamfest is
> chewing the rag with all the buzzards I've known over the last 40 years and
> that's part of the fun.
>
> Except for the icy cold WX and snow that showed up just for this weekend's
>
> hamfest, (which may have kept the attendance a bit lower)  this annual
> gathering has always been good.  No smoking is allowed on the premises for
> the last ten years or so,  and that is a plus.
>
> It's unfortunate you had a bad time today, but don't give up... wear your
> "virtual" radio blinders and walk briskly by the non radio vendors, 
> stopping only at those tables that have something that catches your eye.
>
> Works for me!
>
> 73 and better days to ya,
>
> Perry    w8au
>
>
> At 06:24 PM 2/12/2012, Bernie Doran wrote:
>   
>> 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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