[NJARC] AWA report from Robert Lozier, via CC-AWA

[John Dilks - K2TQN]

Hi Folks,

For what it is worth I'll make some comments on the AWA conference....
It's about three hours before the banquet starts.... There seems to be
plenty to keep me from getting back to the room to bang out something.
The weather for Wednesday was just great in the morning but as the day
went on, the flea market got really hot, ditto for Thursday but that was
OK with me because I was enjoying the lectures inside. It's true that
the participation in the flea market appeared to take a serious drop....

I'd guess 20% over recent years for Wednesday.... Thursday might have
been 2/3 of expectations.... I don't know what it will take to reverse
the trend.

There were some interesting items that popped out of cars, trucks & vans
but not many of the old standbys of days gone by... Maybe one Federal 61
or just a few breadboards... John Caperton caused some excitement showing
up with a big load but the first guy in line proceeded to nail the good
stuff. Some great parts were brought in by the Ralph Williams family but
again, just a few guys got in on the feeding frenzy.

Ed Bell sold a beautiful Paragon Model III-A and the Telmaco pair I
traded to him a few years back....

I personally found a pair of rare books on television technology of 1936
vintage.... They cost me $250 for the pair... My only radio acquisition
was a mid 50's table model set made in Israel... My first from that
country... I think I will place it on a shelf next to my similar vintage
set made in the U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates) and see if they self
destruct in the next six months....

I think the lectures have been of good quality.... I was pleased with the
talk I gave on Italian TV history and Pete Yanczer gave an amazing
demonstration of his latest 30 line vertical scan mirror screw TV. The
best 30 line pictures I've seen. We got the opportunity to hear the
recollections of one of the first GE physicists to develop germanium and
silicon crystal growing technology. Technology absolutely necessary to
make solid state electronic components a commercially viable possibility.
Lud Sibley delivered one of his usually smooth and informative talks on
Armstrong's FM work... Bart Lee talked on the conservation of paper,
books, photos, etc. and later in the day there was a panel discussion of
the state of public communications museums in the country. I even missed
a few of the talks...

The old equipment contest has some great items in it but the
participation continues to slip somewhat. My vote for Peoples Choice
went to Ken Blakeman for his Leutz Model C but there were at least 4 or 5
other serious contenders...

That's all for now... Time for a little snooze before leaving for the
banquet.

Robert
Robert E. Lozier, Jr.
600 E. Green St.
Monroe, NC 28112 USA
kd4hsh@juno.com
http://homestead.com/kd4hsh/index.html