[Boatanchors] Dayton 2010

[Rob Atkinson]

A friend told me there was a KWS1 in the flea market but it was
purchased in the first 10 minutes after the 8 a.m. opening on Friday
morning and disappeared.

73

Rob
K5UJ

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:59 AM, David Knepper <collinsradio at comcast.net> wrote:
> The Dayton Hamvention 2010, if you missed it, was a super event.  What made
> it especially great was the fine weather that we had on Friday and Saturday.
>
> The crowd seemed larger than last year but the outdoor vendor area had an
> unusually high number of empty spaces.  I am at 2325-2326 and there were
> five vacant spaces to the right of me, for instance.
>
> Lots of used gear appeared in the fleamarket at very reasonable prices.
> NC-183D, Central Electronics 200V, SX-71, 75A-4, Hallicrafter SX-100, and so
> on ....  However, there seemed to be an absence of Collins equipment,
> particularly, the S-Line and KWM-2s.  No KWS-1s were spotted.
>
> We had over 60 in attendance at the Collins Forum on Saturday afternoon in
> Room 3.   Ted Craven, W5USI, presented a slide program on the maintenance
> and restoration of the KWM-2.  If you would like a copy of his presentation
> on DVD, email him at W5USI at yahoo.com  If he is available next year, we hope
> to have him as our guest presenter again at the Collins Forum.  He did a
> super job and had a strong round of applause at the end.  Ted,  as you may
> know,  is the associate editor of the Collins Journa and technical advisor
> of the CRA.  His lovely wife and daughter assisted him in setting up the
> program, I might add.
>
> For those that I met, it was most kind of you to stop by to say hello.
>
> Perhaps, I will meet you at the Butler Hamfest on June 6th at Butler, PA
>
> Thank you
>
> David Knepper, W3ST/W3CRA
> Publisher of the Collins Journal
> Secretary of the Collins Radio Association
> www.collinsra.com
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