[JMS] AWA 2007 Conference Report [heur][bcc][faked-from]

[john]

Good to hear that Scott is filling up all that empty space he's made moving 
out some of his other dunnage.  Good man, Scott!!! :-)

Great report Don, thanks!

73
John K5MO


At 01:34 PM 8/28/2007, Dennis Petrich wrote:
>Thanks for the great report Don; hope I can make it there next year....
>
>Dennis, k0eoo
>
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>[mailto:james_millen_society-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Don
>Buska
>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:16 PM
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>
>Good day fellow JMS'ers,
>
>Well I'm home safely from my road trip to Rochester, NY for this year
>AWA Conference.  I will have pictures of the JMS members in attendance
>on our website shortly.  Just a mental headcount tells me we had eight
>JMS members at the show.  Ed Gable K2MP provided us all with an
>excellent presentation on the history of the RME company and their
>products during the Amateur Radio Forum.
>
>I only saw one Millen product, beside the many small components, at the
>fleamarket.  That being the 92101 Antenna Matching Preamplifier.  It was
>complete with 20M, 10M and 6M tuning plug-ins.  Sorry but I didn't catch
>the price on this item.  As always the older National stuff did show up
>including a few HRO's and one NC-100XA.  One fella had several HRO's in
>both the Jr and Sr variety.   However, based on condition and
>accessories I personally felt he was asking to much for them.  I think
>they were all still at his table the last time I went through the area.
>So I guess my price assessment wasn't to far off!
>
>In the early pre-dawn hours of the first day a nice Browning Drake
>receiver was being offered.  I slept in but JMS'er Scott WA9WFA told me
>he was right there when it sold in front of him.  As most know those
>receiver-tuners used the early National Regenaformers.
>
>The auction brought one nice National HRO-5TA1 receiver to the block.
>Scott WA9WFA was able to snag this one for $175 (or was it $185).  It
>was in very nice shape and came with the standard A,B,C and D plug-ins
>(coil box provided).  BTW, since Scott flew into Rochester from the
>Minneapolis area I offered to haul back his stuff to my QTH.  Scott I
>just checked and all the coils for your HRO are a matched set with the
>same serial numbers matching the main unit.  A truly good find!   The
>one missing item was it didn't come with the  697 Dog House power
>supply.  So if anyone has an extra to sell you might want to contact
>Scott as I'm sure he will be interested.
>
>The AWA conference auction is often a great place to find ham gear at
>reasonable prices.  Just a few items to perhaps tempt more attendance
>next year was a complete Hallicrafters SR-400 transceiver, with matching
>HA-20 VFO, Power Supply, SWR Bridge, cables and a nice EV desk mic.
>This setup was also in very nice shape and it sold for $375!  As a
>reference folks a HA-20 VFO sold for $500 alone on eBay a couple of
>weeks ago.  Another item that  caught my interest was a nice looking
>Collins KWM-380.  It had all the books and cables.  Sold for $1600 which
>is also well below the current market price.
>
>As always I had a great time.  Wonderful programs, lectures and a super
>tour of the AWA Museum and Annex.  Also it is a yearly opportunity to
>catch up with good friends and to meet new ones.  I hope more JMS
>members can arrange to attend next year.  You won't be disappointed.
>
>If others in attendance want to add please feel free to do so.
>
>73
>
>Don N9OO
>
>
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