[MRCA] Weare NH Show AAR

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Mark,

Impressive shelter. It's nice to see Ken. It puts a face on someone from the Moose and Squirrel net.

Mike N2MS

> On 07/30/2023 6:07 PM EDT MilComm Guy <m38inmaine at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Arrived Wednesday around 1500, 6 hour trip, M715/w shelter in tow. Thursday is the first day open to the public, had some showers, light foot traffic but managed to sell a few items. 1200 checked into the M&S net from the GRC-142, generator hash on the rx was obvious making the rx not so great, I will have to work on that.
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> Friday was hot, again light foot traffic but sales were good, spotted one WWII radio unknown to me, toaster oven size, it sold, one vendor had the usual RT-524 PRC-77 related items, nothing that great to report for exciting comm items.
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> Saturday was nice weather, fired up the GRC-142 around 0840, a few minutes of warming up and I was copying rtty, the generator hash did not seem to bother the signal, all good copy except the GA traffic. Ken went first on the UGC-74/B, when it was my turn I was going to use the TT-76, just as it was my turn a loud snap followed by smoke billowing out of the TT-76, it was still running but I quickly shut it off and continued with the UGC-74/B.
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> Departed around 1300 Saturday and arrived home around 1900 without incident. What did I buy ?, an original WWII windshield canvas cover for my 42 MB and a box of 16 various original M151 u-joints, a good find as they are all chi-com imports now.
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> Notice the original shade tarp deployed, I have only ever seen this in the manuals.
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> Ken, KD2GFM having fun, washed out by the sun.
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> Big thanks to Dale, KW1I for letting me use his doublet for the RATT Net.
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> 73
> Mark
> k1HF