[NJARC] NJARC Swapmeet

Mon Mar 23 22:56:20 EDT 2009

Hi Al,

Oh, so *you* got the left-handed one, eh? I don't understand the difference. Anyway, I was happy to come away with at least one of them. One of the real joys of an NJARC meet is the Sideroff Auction! ;-)

Did anybody notice how this meet had a lot of Hallicrafters gear? I bought *three* Hallicrafters (SX-25, SX-42, S-40 with the outboard S-meter accessory -- thanks Owen!), sold two others (S-19R, and a seldom-seen S-20 -- *not* S-20R), and missed out on three others (SX-24, SX-28, HT-32). This is not counting the usual S-38/S-120 entry-level sets; there were a few of those there too. Ol' Bill Halligan would have been very proud.

Regards,

John, KC2UAK 

--- On Mon, 3/23/09, Al Klase <al at ar88.net> wrote:

> From: Al Klase <al at ar88.net>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] NJARC Swapmeet
> To: "John Ruccolo" <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
> Cc: dino66 at optonline.net, njarc at mailman.qth.net, pmalvasi at aol.com
> Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 1:18 AM
> Hi John,
> 
> You just reminded me I bought that stupid Vibroplex. 
> I have another one somewhere, so I knew, for sure, there was
> no way I'd ever actually use the thing.  They require
> coordination that I just don't have.  So it's better
> that I got the left handed one, which I guess is a better
> curio.
> 
> Both of these are older than I thought.  Mine is
> serial no. 97874.  This website says it's from
> 1926:  http://www.la.ca.us/frandy/dating.html
> 
> Your is older still if I remembered the number. I know it
> had the Fulton St. address.   I THINK they're
> both "Blue Racers."  Both are missing the round dash
> knob, like a regular straight key knob, and the speed
> controlling weights.  If you actually want to use the
> thing you'll want extra weighs as the originals will only
> slow down to about 30 wpm.
> 
> Hopefully, Pete or one of the other old timers can set us
> straight.
> 
> Al
> 
> John Ruccolo wrote:
> > Just remember Reply = Poster
> > Reply All = Everyone
> > 
> >
> _________________________________________________________
> > 
> > Hi Pete,
> > 
> > Since you spoke up, I wanted to tap your expertise --
> I know you're a key and bug guru. Did you see the two
> Vibroplex bugs that Steve Sideroff had for sale? (They both
> sold in the walk-around auction). I got the one *without*
> the famous "bug" logo. (I think Al Klase got the other one).
> 
> > Assuming you saw them, can you tell us a little bit
> about them? I know very little about Vibroplex bugs, but I
> couldn't resist. ;-)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > John, KC2UAK
> > 
> > --- On Sun, 3/22/09, pmalvasi at aol.com
> <pmalvasi at aol.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> >   
> >> From: pmalvasi at aol.com
> <pmalvasi at aol.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [NJARC] NJARC Swapmeet
> >> To: dino66 at optonline.net,
> njarc at mailman.qth.net
> >> Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 4:22 PM
> >> Just remember Reply = Poster
> >> Reply All = Everyone
> >> 
> >>
> _________________________________________________________
> >> 
> >> Bill Becker and me shared a table and had a great
> day
> >> selling and buying, in addition to "kveching" with
> a number
> >> of the guys.? This was my first NJ ARC meet since
> they were
> >> held on the old rickety tables in Hightstown which
> were
> >> always very good too.?? Thanks to the club and all
> the
> >> organizers/workers for a great event.
> >> 
> >> 73 Pete, W2PM
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Robert Bennett <dino66 at optonline.net>
> >> To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
> >> Sent: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:43 pm
> >> Subject: [NJARC] NJARC Swapmeet
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Just remember Reply = Poster
> >> Reply All = Everyone
> >> 
> >>
> _________________________________________________________
> >> Looks like we received some good publicity from
> the Daily
> >> Record.
> >> Bob Bennett
> >> 
> >>  
> >> http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090322/COMMUNITIES38/903220348/1203
> >> 
> >>  
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