[Heathkit] Ham-Sandwich Meet Report

[Tom NØJMY - AAR7FV]

Succintly as possible, the Sandwich, Ill, hamfest on Sunday was good and 
enjoyable, despite fairly low temperatures and a little dampness.  This 
is about a 90% tail-gater fest and was far superior to Des Moines a week 
earlier, which attracted all of six tail-gaters.

Had an enjoyable chat with fellow glow-bug Bob, W9RAN and his side kick, 
whose name and call escapes me at the moment.

Picked up the following: Very good HW-16 w/org. manual $35, good T-60 
$30.  Good AM-2 swr meter with the original-run "misprinted" meter $13, 
three signal tracers w/good eye-tubes $8 total, R.S. "Globe or Space 
Patrol"  s.w.l. rcvr, $20 (for a friend who was looking for one), very 
good HM-102 meter $15, box of misc. SB-200 parts inc. meter $5, eight 
20's vintage Remler tube sockets $2.  That's about it, as I recall.  I 
stood there and hesitated for five seconds, which was enough to watch a 
beautiful Simpson 260 w/leather case get away for $5.

I didn't write down a list but I do remember seeing the following with 
asking prices: fair-good Viking Ranger + small Matchbox $325 for pair, 
very good Adventurer $100, good HW-101 w/r.i.t. & P.S. and lots of 
accessories, $180, good HW-8 & p.s. $120, excellent HQ-110 $110, one of 
those early Heathkit code oscillator in the black plastic box - vy clean 
$10, good Cheyenne w/o p.s. $55, 2 of those Heath dual meter watt-swr 
meters excellent $55 ea., a QF-1 very good $10,  two Drake W-4 
wattmeters and a WV-4 all excellent and about $95.

And I remember seeing  the following without prices: immaculate 
SB-300/SB401/SB-620 plus a SB-101 or 100, same guy had what I think was 
a Drake TR-4C and MS-4/PS-4 in **chrome** cabinets, a rack of about 
seven or eight restored S-38's, some S-118 and S-120 Halli's, a DX-60A, 
a way-cool home-brew rcvr that 'RAN nabbed, an SB-200 and a SB-220, a 
really ancient tube transmitter (HB) with double ended tubes about the 
size of footballs and copper coils reminiscent of Snuffy Smith's still 
that was gone in 60 seconds for a c-note+, a Hammarlund Four-Twenty, an 
SX-101A, SB-series cw filters, lots of accessories, tons of parts, many 
good high-power glowbug tubes + Ike WBØAAQ and his usual smorgasbord of 
good quality military stuff.  Oh and there was some solid-state stuff 
there, too.

Sadly, no decent xtals - this in the hometown of James Knight!

Hopefully, W9RAN can pick it up from here and fill in all the stuff I've 
forgotten, which is a considerable amount.

Respectfully submitted,
Respectful Tom