[Boatanchors] Ham Radio Estate Sale Tomorrow- Dallas

[Carl]

You wont let me live that down will you Todd!

Hey after picking up my old 100V from George Maier at Exit 2 in Salem with 
the rain cold and horizontal Id already made my weekend buy!

I'll be on the prowl in the spring.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
To: <oldradio at comcast.net>
Cc: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Ham Radio Estate Sale Tomorrow- Dallas


> Carl only gets what we leave for him. (o: We open the gates at 8AM
> Friday and watch the procession as everyone drives in. After that, all
> bets are off. A buddy of mine bought a like-new Johnson KW Flashbox
> from the same seller and we looked over the Collins gear. Both of us
> already had enough projects, though. It was as Carl says, very nice,
> very clean gear. And Carl did get him down a fair amount more on the
> price than he was asking. I will say, if you're following Carl at any
> hamfest, you'll only get what he doesn't want. He has one of those big
> electro-magnet cranes stashed in his coat and delivers loads of gear
> back to his van with it so he doesn't have to lose his place.
>
> Now, last fall Carl wussed out because of the wx forecast, and as a
> result, radio gear traveled much further down the food chain. So
> anything's possible. You can probably tell that some of us enjoy
> razzing Carl. We don't let up at the hamfest, either. He has a
> several-decade head start on us, so it seems fair.
>
> John, if you've gotten your traveling museum back on the road, why not
> bring it up next fall for NEAR-Fest X? I can send you an Exhibitor's
> pass and you can pick out a prime spot to set up. I know those in
> attendance would enjoy seeing the collection and talking with you.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
>
> NEAR-Fest Co-Founder & Director of Forums, Special Events, and
> Non-commercial Exhibits (*whew*)
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:43 PM,  <oldradio at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hey Carl,
>>
>> Next fall if I get to Nearfest, I'm going to follow you around!
>>
>> 73, John Dilks, K2TQN