[Milsurplus] Dayton day two

Sat May 17 19:04:22 EDT 2008

AAAAARRRRGGGHH!

All the good stuff is on the mainland, a price I have to pay for
living in Hawaii.  Okay, so the plan is to build a fund available to
use by a few of those going to MRCG events, Dayton and other hamfests
with a list of desired items.  The process puts a tremendous level of
trust in this community and I'm not real good with trust but I find no
other way to accomplish what I need.  While it's probably too late for
this season but it should be good for next year.  I'm not entirely
sure how to manage or coordinate what boils down to a clearinghouse
and any suggestions would be wonderful.

In another post, I'll have an updated list of needed equipment with an
second list of items wanted but not in any hurry.  I've not seen any
of the equipment in Fair's catalog, though I am composing an email for
Phil, and eBay has not been my friend for these items.  (I use BIN
mostly for a variety of reasons, mostly because I'm getting real good
at losing bids of late which is frustrating.  I'm sure a number of you
are aware of that frustration.)

In the meantime, a T-19, R-26 & R-27/ARC-5 along with the makings of
an ARC-5 dual transmitter rack (MT-71) all in restorable condition and
a means to cover costs would be absolutely grand.

Best regards,

Michael, WH7HG

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Ray Fantini <rafantini at salisbury.edu> wrote:
> The weather today was much improved over the expected forecast.
> Yesterday everyone talk about rain all day today, we did not have one
> drop. Perhaps the forecast keep people away because we did not have the
> crowds that we did in the past. I did not notice any new sellers with
> the exception of someone selling a Harris 350 system and asking $1,000
> for the transceiver and $800 for the 500 watt amplifier. Lots of PRT-4
> transmitters around ranging in price from $5 to $25, also saw a couple
> more BC-348 receivers in fair condition in the $50 to $100 range. The
> big activity of the day is the two radio nets. The 3885 AM net at noon
> and the 51.0 net at two. The 3885 net was once again controlled by Joe,
> W4VAG and had a total of 29 stations check in, of that total their were
> 11 BC-611 in operation. The following stations were logged along with
> equipment type. W1NZB was using a PRC-7, KW1I on a PRC-108, KK1K on a
> Racal, KB2AVJ using a BC-611, KB3CI on a DAV, KB3OMB on a FT-817, myself
> KA3EKH using the same radio I used up at MRCA a DAV, and getting a long
> life from all those nine volt batteries. JA3FTU on a BC-611, NX4IT on a
> BC-611, W7KV on a FT-817, WB8CDX using a BC-611, KA8TNR with a BC-1308
> and AB8OP operating from his GRC-19 shelter, he had issues with a
> vendors generator running two spaces away but looks like he resolved
> them. KB8ELG operated his BC-474 complete with crank generator from a
> space equipped with the 474, a PRC-77 base unit and a very strange Swiss
> copy of the BC-611. WD8AXC with a IC-7000, WD8AYA with a Chinese type 81
> set, N8NOR with a IC-7000, KB8DNS with a FT-817, K9WT with a BC-611 good
> to see a real radio again!, W9RAN with a FT-817, spoke too soon. WD9GHK
> was using a BC-611, and KB9PZC running a BC-746/SCR-511 pogo stick
> neatly attired in uniform. KY4JD and NM4A were using a BC-611, K4RWN
> with a FT-817, AA4RM and N8HYB, N3TPM all using BC-611 hand held
> transceivers. Perhaps this is the signal largest concentration of
> working BC-611 radios in the world? At two this afternoon the 51.0 "Cold
> War "net was held. K9NT acted as net control and had a total of 27 check
> ins. won't go thru the whole list but just a couple highlights. KA8TUR
> operated a BC-1000, along with being dressed in period uniform, KA8NTR
> and KB9PZC along with a couple others operated the PRC-10 backpacks.
> AB8ZQ, N8HQY and KB8CRT all operated PRT and PRR 4 radios, a number of
> PRC-6 transceivers were in operation along with the usual PRC-77, 25 and
> one PRC-126 and I used my trusty PRC-68. Marty AA4RM deserves honorable
> mention for trying with his new Chinese field set, but the radio gods
> did not smile on him and he had no modulation. But don't feel too bad
> for him, he did pick up some strange transmitter; a BC-1158 that has
> something to do with an AZON Bomb and for some strange reason everyone
> was trying to buy it from him. I will be posting a couple final thoughts
> later tonight or tomorrow. If you are interested in seeing some of the
> pictures from Dayton I have posted them on a web page at
> www.dxham.com/Dayton2008 be warned that they are not labeled and some
> are very large.
> Ray Fantini KA3EKH
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