[JMS] AWA 2007 Conference Report

[Bill W2DGB]

Nice positive report...

bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Buska" <dbuska at wi.rr.com>
To: "The James Millen Society Members Email Reflector" 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:15 PM
Subject: [JMS] AWA 2007 Conference Report


> 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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