[NJARC] FWD:RE: Charlotte Swapmeet last weekend

[John Dilks K2TQN]

NJARC'ers, here's a report about the NC meet.

Don forget = June 9-10 - RadioActivity 2006 in Maryland
                    at the Sheraton College Park Hotel just off of I-95
MAARC Web Page     http://www.maarc.org/

From: "Paul R. Farmer" <oldradiotime at hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Charlotte Swapmeet

all,

Charlotte worked out to be a good meet. Attendance and vendors 
appeared to be about level with last year, thankfully. Perhaps some 
of these meets have bottomed out.

Light rain much of the first day, but there was no wind, so we set up 
and sold lots of quality transistors and one table set only, plus 
odds and ends. The afternoon auction drew a huge crowd and lots of 
inventory, due to the slow FM for those without cover. Next year I 
will bring items specifically for the auction.

Very good FM on day 2. I made very minor purchases only on the first 
day - a little 1920's Jewell tube tester with 5 meters, a nice little 
Knight kit mono amp, etc. On day 1 I had seen a gorgeous Emerson 600 
TV, the little 7" plastic-front job in fabulous condition. The owner 
was not around, and it disappeared when I wasn't looking. Too bad. 
But then on day 2 it turned up in another space and I got it for very 
little more than the original vendor was asking - a steal considering 
condition. This is the fabric covered, portable version and there is 
essentially no wear. The plastic front is perfect. I have been 
watching for an E+ to near-mint example of one of these for years, 
especially one with an unscratched front. I still need the wood 
versions, models 610 and 639. Anybody?

Could not find your brown Emerson bullet knobs. Oppat had one, but it 
was very distressed.

Contest was good, as usual for CC-AWA. Gary Alley came away with some 
ribbons. Wish I had had time to prepare some entries. Robert Lozier 
gave a very nice, educational report on the contest at the closing 
lunch. We should enlist Lozier to be one of our contest judges at 
RadioActivity. I cannot recommend a more knowledgeable, more broadly 
experienced individual to judge. He really understands the 
significance of entries in a larger perspective.

Ron Lawrence's Clough-Brengle talk and display was super. A fine 
presentation on many levels. Other good programs as well.

Signed up quite a few new MAARC members, some with arm twisting from 
Koester. Thanks, Joe.

Eric sold every table set he came with, and quite a lot of paper. He 
headed south after the meet with an empty cargo compartment and a 
smile on his face, looking for more radios. We headed north, very 
tired but very satisfied.

Regards to all,
Paul

>From: <gshearer at cox.net>
>To: <oldradiotime at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Charlotte Swapmeet
>Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:51:25 -0500
>
>How was the Charlotte swapmeet?