[MRCA] [MMRCG] Frostfest 2020

[Nick England]

It was a BC-342 with the grey dial lamp covers. I also saw an RCA BC-224
which I don’t think I had ever seen one of before. And it was an R-390A
rather than 390. But Ray is quite right, while there was a very good
showing of affordable vintage ham gear, military stuff was scarce.
However, I did have a good time chatting with all the usual suspects plus
new folks who stopped by my Navy Radio and Teletype exhibit to chat. It’s a
nice fest which draws folks from Maryland to South Carolina.
I’ll send a link when I get photos uploaded.
Cheers
Nick

On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 4:59 PM Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> wrote:

> If you read any of my past descriptions of events or Ham fest you may know
> my common statement of “if you missed it you missed out” well with
> yesterday Frostfest 2020 think this is first time I would have to say that
> although I did enjoy the event and seeing everyone in terms of military
> radio the event turned out to be somewhat of a dud.
>
> I saw one R-390 for $600, a BC-342 or 312 with a gray paint job and not
> much else. Couple sets of tent poles maybe a stray AB-15 but not much else.
>  Don’t know if a old Racal sixty two hundred series qualifies for
> military but imagine it may.
>
> A friend who came with me bought two dynamotor power units for the Crosley
> SCR-284 radios that were hiding under a table but beyond that did not see
> any ARC-5 stuff, ART-13 transmitters or BC-348 receivers although was told
> there was one 348 receiver but did not see it myself. Their were many
> people selling lots of vintage Ham equipment, Hallicrafters stuff was there
> in abundance along with lots of other bargains like the HW-101 with cable,
> power supply and manual that my friend purchased for $30
>
> So for once if you chose to stay home and clean up the shop or maybe
> participate in the AM contest looks like you did the right call. I spent a
> total of $4 buying a couple coaxial adapters.
>
>
> Ray F/KA3EKH
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