[Boatanchors] Shelby/Dallas hamfest report

[Nick England]

Shelby is one of the largest and oldest fests,  drawing people primarily 
from VA, NC, SC, GA, TN but often further afield.
But I thought the turnout of vintage gear was really very good this year. 
I've probably seen 3 Invaders over the last 10 years and this year there 
were 6 or 7!

"Several" meant I know I saw more than one, but it might have only been two!
Maybe some year I should take a little audio recorder around to mutter into.

But you never know - sometimes a treasure will show up at even the smallest 
fest - I fondly remember the day I went to a small fest and besides my table 
the only other boatanchor was a lonely S-40B. I was feeling pretty 
discouraged until a guy came up and said "I see you like old gear - I've got 
some stuff in a warehouse you might be interested in".....So I took home a 
Pacemaker, Ranger, Valiant, 75A-4, 75A-3 and had to come back with a truck 
to get the Desk KW and pair of R-390's.
73 & Keep 'em glowing,
Nick KD4CPL
www.virhistory.com/navy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
To: "boatanchors Mailman" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Shelby/Dallas hamfest report


>
> On Aug 31, 2008, at 7:13 PM, Nick England wrote:
>
>> The 51st Shelby hamfest had a new location this year - ir.
>>
>> There were a dozen of us BA types headquartered at the yellow 
>> "BOATANCHORS!" banner and had plenty of buyers and visitors - famed  list 
>> member Dr. Barry Ornitz came by, without beard, but with new  wife - I 
>> guess sometimes you gotta make tradeoffs.
>>
>
> Seeing this listing, almost all lines preceded by the word "several"  --  
> makes me wonder why we don't see anything like this in or around  the 
> Dallas TX area.  You might see one or two pieces, and the usual 
> overpriced S-line stuff, but this number of items in quantity is 
> something we don't get around here.  Wasn't always that thin, but for  the 
> last few years almost not worth the trips if one was in the mood  to 
> buy/sell/trade BAs.
>
> I can only drool in wonderment ....
>
> Grant/NQ5T
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