[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 260, Issue 32 The Old Friends

Sat Dec 6 11:04:25 EST 2025

Dang! I just drove through there: I'll have to plan my next drive to
Charlotte and Raleigh to make one of these.

Matt
W2NS

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> I thought I would make you fellows jealous with my monthly report to our
> Old Friends group.  This is not a club with a president, dues, etc, just a
> bunch of guys that started meeting about 29 years ago on 75 meters, first
> on 3810 and now 3715.  Based primarily in NC/SC, it meets 3 times a week on
> the air, and once a month for lunch at the Golden Corral in Spartanburg,
> SC.  We have 50 officially on the roster, 12 to 18 check in on the net,
> sometimes lower, sometimes higher, as many as 25 a few times.  We have
> folks that drive from Myrtle Beach, SC and Atlanta Ga to get here.
> Depending on the number of check-ins on the net, we can go around at least
> twice in our round table format in our allotted hour, but we do run over at
> times.  Milsurp is present with up to 5 ART 13's a couple SCR 274N setups,
> TCS, plus other less known,  up to 5 Johnson 500's, bunches of Heathkit,
> Geloso, WRL, Knight kit, AMECO,  Babcock, of course Collins like 32V and
> KWS-1's, and many other odd AM rigs from the 1930's onward.  In the parking
> lot afterward, we have had a mini-hamfest, with gear changing hands every
> time.  I sold a nice DX100B/SX100 station, and picked up a couple National
> RCE RX's, one from the Coast Guard.  The pix with the burned up radio,
> Carl, W4RCW took a lightning hit about 10 years ago that came down his
> chimney, started a fire that burned his home to the ground.  He lost so
> many family keepsakes, including some of the finest restored ham  and
> milsurp gear ever.  He has been in replacement mode ever since.   Don't
> know if the pix will display but here is the the report:
>
> *31 folks made the trek to the font of all abundance, the Golden Corral
> today.  6 wives endured ham radio testosterone and somehow enjoyed their
> lunch.  The now famous Golden Corral hamfest did not fail to perform
> either, several pieces of quality gear changing hands, and some not so
> quality.  Somebody missed out on a really good deal on an NC303 and an
> 75A2. Give Stan, W4KR a call if you changed you mind on the ride home.
> Our DX today was Cliff, WB4NKL and Chuck, K4IYQ  from TN, and an  early OF
> who had checked in years ago, Lawson, W4EMF made the trek from Charlotte,
> his new home. The cook came out of the kitchen wanting to know where John
> (KZ4B) was, he had a bumper crop of chicken livers that nobody wanted.
> Carl's Lightning Arrestor Superstore has the fine example of what happens
> when lighting hits and burns down your house.  A little car polish and a
> new resistor here and there and it will be good as new. Sorry for the poor
> quality mostly back of heads pix, I was running really late, misjudging how
> long it would take to load my truck and forgot to grab my camera.*
>
>
> *For all those that were there and those not  who have not been on the net,
> try and get on 3715 on one of the 3 days we meet and pop in and say hello.
> Those whiz bang solid state rigs can sound almost as good as a real boat
> anchor with a tweak on the equalizer and turn up the mic gain.*
>
> *Charlie, W4MEC*
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