[Milsurplus] Charlotte AWA 2017 auction picts

[Nick England]

Hi Mike - Maybe because I am a ham/military guy I concentrated on photos of
that gear and passed over some of the piles of catalins, tombstones,
cathedrals, etc. Perhaps there were more hamfest-type items than usual at
Charlotte this year, but there were 20X-30X more "AWA" radios than hamfest
radios in the flea market. YHMV.

The auction definitely had more ham items than usual. Also one fellow was
auctioning his collection of German military radios. So that skewed the
auction contents - there have been some giant estates of "AWA" items at
auction in past years.

Whatever, it was a really fine event with knowledgeable folks in attendance
and lots of interesting gear for sale, on exhibit, and being auctioned. I
heard very nice compliments on the talks as well.

Next year, the biennial international crypto conference will be held at the
same time, with the opportunity to see extraordinarily rare equipment and
hear talks from world-class experts. Come on down....

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Mike Feher <n4fs at eozinc.com> wrote:

> Really appreciate the photos posted by Nick & Brian. Several friends were
> there. Admittedly, I have not been to a “large scale” AWA meet in almost 20
> years. Locally to me, Kutztown is the best, even though it is not AWA
> affiliated. Regardless, this event to me, even though it has the AWA name
> associated with it, seems more like a typical hamfest with a spattering of
> some old radios. This is not intended as a negative toward the activity, as
> I am sure I would have enjoyed being there. BTW Hue, that French set has
> been on eBay numerous times for an unrealistic price and the 75 meter SSB
> transmitter is in the transmitter book. 73 – Mike .
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> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
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