[Boatanchors] Imagine a world without hamfests

[Pete Lancashire]

I feel the same way in NW OregonWashington. Now that Tektronix basically
no longer exists, Boeing has pretty much become a final assembly
house, Fluke is same as Tek, all the other electronic/aerospace/etc
that were feeders or spin off have gone along with the HAM, collertors,
etc that use to work for them.

Now it seems you see the same stuff just being sold by someone else
or from the 2nd or 3rd SK. Even worse when you see something I sold
that is now there because the guy I sold it to 20 yrs ago is now SK.

I'm 56 and feel like a youngster at the 'fests here

-pete




> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:01 AM, rbethman<rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:
>> As usual Jim, You have mis-characterized the post!  Please provide the
>> specific line #
>> of "continuous hamfests".
>
>> I've been out where he is, and I'll tell you that what WE take for
>> granted HERE on the Mainland, (or Lower 48), is entirely different than
>> what turns up in HI or Alaska.
>>
>> Worse, try being out of the US entirely!
>
> Being in Hawaii is a lot like being in a different country.  While
> this is pretty cool in a number of ways, in a few it's just not
> happening.  On the other talon, a dearth of 'fests is not sufficient
> reason to move back to the mainland.
>
> BEst regards,
>
> Michael, WH7HG
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