[Milsurplus] Shelby NC hamfest photos

Wed Sep 7 21:53:02 EDT 2016

Long before I met John, I would run into Pete long before sunrise at the Bucks County Drive-in.  This had to have been in the 1980's.  He would give me a hard time about the size of my flashlight compared to his but I think he was bragging about something else.  Fun times!  Which hamfest was this; Mt Airy VHF Society, aka Pack Rats?Jim

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It sounds like something Pete would say, but I think it was actually John Ruccolo.
Joe Connor 

    On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 8:09 PM, "antqradio at sbcglobal.net" <antqradio at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

 You mean Pete Graves, don't you?  Not too sure about wise, but I am sure he is as crazy as the rest of us!Jim

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Here's what a wise old hamfest veteran told me about arriving early: If you're not on your second set of flashlight batteries by sunrise, you got there too late.
Joe Connor 

    On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 11:19 AM, "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:

 On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 9:27 PM, Meir WF2U <wf2u at ws19ops.com> wrote:

I think all three B40's I know of in the US may be within a 30 mile radius in the Greenville-Spartanburg area in South Carolina... I have one also and I know the other two owners, one is the one who is selling his. I didn't buy it because I really don't need two of them....

There are actually a few others out there. Hank Arney imported several of them years back along with a bunch of R&S EK-07s. My D model is still in storage in its shipping container down in NC, definitely outside your 30 mile radius, though. :D 
Heading down in 2 weeks with W3JN to clear out the two storage units as well as the floor sweepin's  from the garage. Never did get to have my garage flea market as planned before the move. 

Posted a few shots of the B40D earlier this year on AMfone with its SSB adapter:

http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=41434.0

Got it in a swap with a friend from the R-390 list who resides in London. Funny part is, we started the deal last century in the mid-late 1990s and finally completed it (almost) in 2012. Along with the SSB adapter I got the shipping cover, remote headset control, and a matching remote audio amp that wasn't necessarily a Murphy accessory. Still waiting on the matching speaker, the move to VA interrupted that. Hope to find an original manual some day.

Just curious, Nick or whomever - is that JP's B40 at Shelby? 

Also noticed the clean Globe Scout Deluxe. That had 'Herman' written all over it!

Great shots, as always. TNX for posting them. 

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4

BTW, Jim - the 100 lbs listed on the tag doesn't include the mounting base, and is a solid 100 without it. Almost makes a 32V feel light in comparison. 

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