[MRCA] Lewiston ME Hamfest Report

[Mister Mike]


Mark, et al….

I have a different report.  Despite the fact there were not any “green radios” that I could see there was a LOT of good commercial stuff, like IC-7300s, Elecraft and more. Asking prices were on the high side but much of it changed hands so I expect there was some bargaining.  I scored a Collins KWM-1 with the super rare 312B-2 console for very short money.   I ran into a lot of old friends and we all had a great time.
73,
MisterMike, W1RC  

> On Mar 27, 2023, at 5:24 PM, MilComm Guy <m38inmaine at gmail.com> wrote:
> I arrived shortly after opening at 0820 AM, parking lot was crowded, looked like a giant porcupine with all the antennas.  The Ramada event room was crowded although there were several empty tables, very dim lighting, and a good chance for the sellers to sneak in some cosmetic defects.  I was able to see it all in about 15 minutes, lots of junk, more junk than radio's for sale.  There were no green radios or accessories or TTY equipment that I am aware of.  The crowd thinned out by 10 and I left around 1030, I was riding with a fellow ham so I had to wait around, he did get a fair price on a Motorola XTS-2500.
> 
> That's it, if you missed it you missed nothing, hope to have a better report from Nearfest next month.
> 
> 73
> Mark
> K1HF
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