[K3PZN-List] Equipment Auction at CCARC October Meeting !

[Curt Milton]

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The club has acquired a lot of equipment that can be described by various terms - surplus, vintage, stuff we once wished for ....  At our regular October meeting on October 13 we plan to auction much of this stuff!  More info may be available later, but included are vintage novice rigs, several VFOs, receivers, audio generators, RF generators, and some misc stuff from the PC age (this stuff sure goes obsolete fast!).  So spread the word about this opportunity to own more electronics history and maybe even something useful.

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Wow a lot of stuff here!  Back in the 70's I wish I had an HG-10 VFO, and maybe it was in the early 90's I finally landed one for a few bucks.  Gee there are 2 that are nicer looking than mine!  And a few rigs to drive a VFO with !  I wonder if someone is brave enough to use an Eico VFO that is in the pile of stuff ??  The HG-10 is the real deal, nice and stable on 80 and 40 meters (and remember it multiplies to get to higher bands!).  

No I didn't see anything Exotic enough to thrill the QST Antique radio columnist -- unless it's hidden from view.  

Gee we have a corner on the market for HP audio oscillators!  I think this box put HP on the map before they diversified, became the world's leading firm for test equipment, and then their board of directors 'stold' the HP name that is now on PC's (and not fine test equipment).  We have both tube and solid state versions!  We got a few RF signal generators (are any of them stable enough to inject a signal into a receiver with a crystal filter)?  

We got some stuff, weird test equipment, I have no idea what it is good for.  (And to think I have 2 EE degrees.)  

PSSST - don't tell Andy that some of this stuff might be cool (or warm!) to have ... he thinks it's all junk -- so this will help keep the starting bids modest!  Those of us with XYLs may need to convey this thing only cost a few bucks to get it thru the door!  

Now I wonder what WB8YYY will bid on ??  An extra VFO?  A piece of test equipment to further warm the lab with my circa 1960 Tek Scope?  Something that might be able to transmit RF (and maybe chirp away like my bird friends)?  No I won't disclose my strategy!  Gee remembering the XYL, if successful I should sneak something equal size and weight into the auction from my own stash!  (Gee if there were a very light weight tribander I might be tempted but no all I see is that Isotron thing -- cool looking dummy load that leaks a little RF into the ether!)  

And if you don't want any of this stuff, maybe the laughter seeing what people buy might be better entertainment than found on TV these days!