[ForSale-Swap] Orlando Hamcation - Good Despite Economy

[kd4e]

We attended Hamcation in Orlando on Friday and
Saturday and despite the mess that the politicians
have made of our economy it went pretty well.

Sure, the numbers were down some, but those who
did attend we buying and selling and appeared to be
having a good time - perhaps because it was not so
crowded so as to make eyeball rag-chews impossible?

I never made it into the Commercial buildings so cannot
comment on who was there or any good sales.

In my experience the good and bad highlights were:

Good
* Saw a lot of familiar faces and had some good chats.
* Found a few things at reasonable prices.
* Some beautiful boatanchors, Central Electronics and
    Collins hear in pristine condition, Harvey-Wells
    Bandmaster, Drake, and Swan.
*Lots of mid-range HF solid state gear and hybrids (e.g.
    TS-520 at reasonable prices for new Generals)
* Hamcation volunteers were as always very helpful and
    cheerful!
* Beautiful weather as usual.

Bad
* Someone picked up two black Yaesu hats at their booth
    and brought them to our table in the Swaps Building.
    They inexplicably wreaked of fish and even after two
    washings at home are now outside.  Shame as they are
    nice looking hats.
* A lot less big iron in the tailgate area - was looking for
    a plate supply for single 3-500z amp (so I don't have to
    build one from scratch).
* The only seller of 407A/5847A tubes had them priced
    higher than online.  (There were lot of tube sellers and
    generally prices were reasonable.)

* Didn't spot any old mobile BA gear like Gonset, Morrow, Elmac.

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Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E
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