[Boatanchors] Lawrenceville GA hamfest photos & report

[Mack Rogers]

Just so none are confused by the name of this hamfest it's actually the Stone Mountain Hamfest and it's held in Lawrenceville, GA. Admittedly most in the South have started just calling it "Lawrenceville".

It is a great hamfest and unfortunately I was forced to miss it this year due to business demands.

Vintage gear galore and a huge supply of vintage parts, what more could you ask of a hamfest!?

N4VGB
Mack Rogers



--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Lawrenceville GA hamfest photos & report
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 12:04 PM
> Lawrenceville is just north of
> Atlanta and well attended by hams from
> GA, AL, SC, NC.
> K4NYW gives it two thumbs up!
> 
> I've posted about 40 photos at http://www.virhistory.com/ham/ga10.htm
> but there was lots more gear I didn't shoot. (Heathkit EC-1
> analog
> computer, Gonset Commander xcvr, Drake 1A, National SW3, to
> name just
> a few)
> 
> This was my first time at this hamfest and I really enjoyed
> it - lots
> of interesting boatanchors and homebrew gear at reasonable
> prices. Set
> up is Friday afternoon, but there wasn't that much on offer
> then.
> Saturday AM tailgaters could set up starting at 0600, but
> things
> didn't really start hopping until 0700 at least. Public
> entry at 0800
> and tailgaters kept arriving and setting up through 10 am
> at least -
> so kind of laid back atmosphere compared to some where all
> the
> interesting gear has traded hands twice before the fest
> actually
> opens. I had to leave at 1130 Saturday so don't know what
> happened
> after that.
> 
> No, I don't have any contact info for stuff that you see in
> a photo
> and are dying to find - sorry. Maybe you can figure out
> something from
> a license plate in the background or start posting on
> various e-mail
> lists trying to find a lead to the owner. Also I left at
> 1130 so it
> may well have sold after that.
> cheers,
> Nick K4NYW
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