From: "Merz Donald S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Last Sunday June 6th was the Breezeshooter's Hamfest at the Butler County
Fairgrounds, roughly an hour outside of Pittsburgh. There are only 2
hamfests in Western PA that could be considered medium to large and this is
one of them. The number of sellers was about normal for this fest, as was
attendance. I parked with our club (WASH), which sets up in a compact area
and has a nice picnic lunch for all club members and families.
Boatanchors seen
...One of the antique radio vendors had a large load of older, pre-octal
NOSB tubes and sold the whole lot for one price the moment he opened his
truck. It would have been fun to go through that pile. I did not hear
the price.
Other Tubes: 4-400s $75 each, 809's $15 each, VT-4C $90 each
I spent probably $80 on a great selection of NOSB boatanchor parts from
Millen, National,
Hammarlund and all the right brand names. Along with the used parts I
picked up,
the N3RHT junkbox had a very good day.
Sounds like what Dayton was like back in the early 80's and before. The
last couple of times I attended the Hamvention, all the stuff I came back
with would have fit into one Wal-Mart shopping bag. I think some of the
small outdoor hamfests are the best place to look for old stuff. Regardless
of the season, the indoor ones are nearly always disappointing.
Don k4kyv
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