[HBR] Belton Swapfest

[windy10605 at juno.com]

Just got back from the Belton, Tx swapfest. The outside parking lot was
pretty full this morning, inside was never fully filled, looked like
attendance was down some (what's new) but there was still plenty of
buying and selling to keep everyone happy and also meeting lots of
acquaintances. I handed out Austin Summerfest flyers (1st weekend August)
and had a table in a "cool area" inside. Great weather, good food
afterwards. Tables/spaces indoors were $15 and $5 outside, general
admission was $2. I had lots of "FREE" boxes under the table. Still
selling lots of stuff before the seller gets to his table.

Seen (some bought):
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Heathkit Maurauder in good condition $25...sold
Heathkit Apache in great condition $100....sold
Heathkit HW-101 with PS and man in good condition $125, $150,
$175....none sold ?
Heathkit HW-5400 in ? condition $50....sold
BC-348 rackmount $25....sold
Drake 2C in really excellent condition $125....sold
Butternut verticle $10....sold
S40A working $70....not sold 
Homebrew dual 813 Linear $?.....sold
Rack cabinet (short) $20....sold
Antenna Tuners $10-$150....~50% sold
JR computer R/C radio with receiver on 6m $50....sold
Tubes for $1 each or whole box for $20 (~100 tubes)....many sold
Johnson Viking II in "restorable" condition $75....sold
Johnson Viking I in so-so condition $125....not sold
Collins 180S tuner nice conditon with manual $150....not sold ?
Hallicrafters HT-33 restored ~$550....sold twice
Heathkit 6m transceiver $30....sold
**TWO** of the "KWM-2 clone" transceivers from GE Ham News 
     also found the builder of one of them.....sold
 
Looks like the "Item-of-today's-fest" was the Heathkit Linear, must have
seen ~10 of those green suckers for sale 

One guy commented that a few weeks ago at a local church rummage sale
they auctioned off --4-- Viking IIs, and they went for VERY little.
You never know.

73 Kees K5BCQ