Larry: Great seeing see you and Steve at Boxboro and a bunch of other folks I've talked with on the air. Great fun and laughs in the watering hole. Attending the midnight Royal Order of the Wouff Hong ceremony was also a highlight in my Boxboro attendance. Although the flea market area seemed to be somewhat smaller in size then past years, from my side of the table, there was a steady stream of buyers throughout the day. Many of the conferences also seem to be well attended from what I was told or had seen. All in all, a great two day activity and I even got free breakfast on Sunday.
Pete, wa2cwa On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:12:29 -0400 Larry Szendrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just got home from The ARRL New England convention in Boxboro, MA, > > after riding down and back with my friend Steve, KS1F (formerly > K1MV). > > The flea market was small compared to what I remember, especially > considering the perfect weather both days - not many sellers, and it > > didn't seem very much trading was taking place. I was able to find a > 175 > KHz IF transformer (I've been looking for some for years), as well > as > several 262 KHz IF transformers, all NIB/NOS, and an xtal in a nice > > round ceramic holder for 3945, which is the frequency for the "Old > Buzzard's Net - a daily AM net here in the Northeast. Also picked up > a > few assorted other parts, nothing nearly as exciting as the former > and > not worth listing here, but stuff that I will definitely use at some > point. > > I also enjoyed looking at the vendor's display of the latest and > greatest contemporary radio toys, but don't have the spare cash > right > now to indulge in any of that! > > I enjoyed seeing many of my friends, dinner with KS1F, WA1QIX, > KA2QFX, > W1IF, WA1SSJ, and a beer and an eyeball QSO with Pete, WA2CWA. This > is > my #1 reason for attending these things any more. > > A highpoint was the midnight Royal Order of the Wouff Hong (ROWH) > ceremony. If you ever get a chance to attend one of these, it's not > to > be missed. A very well-known and active AMer from the state of Maine > had > a prominent role in the sacred proceedings, but I can tell you no > more > as I am sworn to secrecy -I may even be in mortal danger by > revealing > this much!. > > We had hoped to meet up with Bruce, W1UJR, for the ROWH ceremony - > he > was passing through Boxboro on his way home from the AWA conference > in > Rochester. But he was running late, and only arrived after the > ceremony > was underway, so he resumed the long drive back to Woolich, ME. I > found > a message from him when we got back to the room shortly after 0100, > so I > called him then only to find he had come, and gone. > > 73, > -Larry/NE1S > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > 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. > > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio 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.
