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

Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:02:34 -0400

As an AWA member, I would like to submit the following:
If you want to reverse the fleamarket  trend hold it sometime other then
midweek. It is a long day trip each way from south central CT so to attend I
need to plan a day + of travel each way. I did attend in 2001 when I was
between jobs and enjoyed it very much. But I cannot afford to take 3-4 days
of vacation to do so. People from NYC to Boston would face the same issue
Carl
WA1KPD
Visit My Boatanchor Collection at http://pages.cthome.net/nord/wa1kpd.html
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From: "John Dilks - K2TQN" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 5:31 PM
Subject: [NJARC] AWA report from Robert Lozier, via CC-AWA


>
> 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
> [email protected]
> http://homestead.com/kd4hsh/index.html
>
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