On 5/20/07, Geoff/W5OMR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For those who've not been to Dayton, but -have- been to Belton, imagine a 'good' Belton, outside, x100. Imagine the whole of the Bell County Expo Center parking lot filled with vendors, and you've got the outside area of Dayton. The inside was commercial stuff, and therefore not too interesting to me.
Sorry I missed you Geoff, I *did* keep my eyes peeled above average crowd height in hopes of finding you. Missed a number of other folks as well, but did manage to meet a few who henceforth were only known via on air or online. Forgot to bring a camera with me but 'VJB took plenty of pics and has some posted over on amfone.net under QSO. I got home after midnight, so I still have to put down my thoughts and sightings at some point soon. The best deal of the event for three of us (now known as the Eimac Boys) was finding a guy with a huge case of NOS 4-400As and chimneys. WA2PJP, W2XR and myself ended up with a dozen or more, leaving maybe 4-6 in the box. Bulk buying power got a price reduction from $100 ea to $75 ea. Date codes from 88/89. It was all in the timing. Most amazing find for me was the matching/correct RF ammeter for my 300G, verified by 'VJB. Paid a whopping $4, sure was pleased to find it. Opted not to buy the beat up SX-88 with custom wood escutcheon for $5500. *snort* Sure was a lot of stuff there, plenty of people too. ~ Todd, KA1KAQ ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
