[AMRadio] Shelby Hamfest pics

[Nick England]

Yes some gear traded between sellers during set-up as usually happens at
all hamfests. But the flea market was open to the public on Friday so there
were plenty of happy buyers then. Some folks do hang on to their equipment
hoping for the prices of a few years ago, but that ship has sailed.

Shelby is a shadow of what it was 15-20 years ago, but so are all hamfests.
The internet has dramatically changed the dealer and manufacturer
attendance at anywhere other than Dayton/Xenia and Orlando.

For anyone wishing to acquire boatanchor gear, I think there was plenty of
interesting and fairly priced gear available at Shelby.

I sold a B&W 1500 for $150, an HQ-180 for $100, and an SB-101 with both
power supplies for $100. I bought a Navy multicoupler for $50, an R-1051
receiver for $100, and a Dovetron for $20. I was satisfied and so were the
other parties.

Most everyone I talked with was having a good time. Your Mileage May Vary.
73
Nick K4NYW

On Sat, Sep 2, 2023 at 8:09 PM CL in NC via AMRadio <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> These pics belie the fact that by Saturday at 9AM, most of this was gone,
> being bought up prior to the fest even opening and what was left was
> because it was not priced correctly(Ebay)  The pics of the inside of the
> main building show an empty venue with not one named supplier in the place,
> where MFJ, HRO(not there for years now), plus a couple regional biggies did
> not bother to show up.  The wire man and Tower Electronics were in other
> areas, but I found it to be a shell of its former self and not worth the
> $10 ticket at this time.  Of course that is all just my opinion, but have
> been going to Shelby for 31 years and the 'Granddaddy of Them All' was laid
> out in the coffin this year.
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KZYE9e7kdpXbRMnc8
>
> Charlie in NC
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