Yes, contrary to the rumors, there will be a Hamvention 2008 in Dayton, Ohio.? Plans are underway for the Drake Forum as well.? Please feel free to send me your thoughts, opinions, questions, etc.
73, Evan -----Original Message----- From: VE3ES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:18 am Subject: Re: [drakelist] FALL RADIO MEET AND VINTAGE HAMFEST - DAVIDSONVILLE, MD Which thus brings up the question, and yes it's still 6 months away.....but any plans from anyone for Dayton 2008?? Drake Forum?? et.al. 73, Bill VE3ES At 10:01 AM 11/2/2007, you wrote: John, ? Wish I could have made that event!? Sounds like it was a lot of fun.? Getting things on the Internet isn't as much fun, and the prices are sure higher online.? Hard to figure, the swap nets have people of generally high integrity, and reasonable prices, yet people continue to pay more for less quality on Upay, I mean eBay.? Strange but that's the way it is, hi hi. ? Look forward to seeing you at Hamvention 2008, if I'm not a Silent Key before then. ? 73, ? Evan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 5:42 pm Subject: [drakelist] FALL RADIO MEET AND VINTAGE HAMFEST - DAVIDSONVILLE, MD Thise who missed this one really missed a great gathering.? The WX was absolutely perfect, All the flea market spaces were full and the auction went on for way over three hours. The food could be custom ordered and was delivered on time, or you could purchase pizza by the slice as long as it lasted. Soft drinks and water were abailable all day. Rest rooms (at least the men's) were clea, t here was plenty of hot water, TP and towels. Spotted in the flea market was a pair of SX-28s, an SX-111, a National 77 special, an NC-300,? Hammarlund Super Pro with PS, PE-103 with base, DM-1000, and several other pieces of surplus gear. Lots of tubes, small parts and paper. The rest was mainly antique and more recent tabletop and console radios, lots of test equipment, etc. Prices for the most part were sownright reasonable. The auction was awsome. There was almost more stuff than were was room for people. Amont the items auctioned in addition to console and table top radios and phonographs were lots of surplus gear, pre recorded audio and video tapes, records, scopes. meters, including a Simpson 260 with box and probes, sighnal generators, tube testers, wlaborate junque boxes, large quantities of receiving and transmitting tubes including many 811s, 833s, 1625s, 807s 829s, 832s, MV rectifiers including 866s and 872s and much m ore. Unfortunately, the few audiofools present drove the prices of 6L6s, KT-66s, 5881s, 6V6s and other audio types way out of range of the average attendee. Also auctioned off were an unbuilt Heathkit DX-60, Color TV set and a home controller kit. There were several transmitters including an Ameco. There was some kind of commercial Collins transceiver which went for big bux. All in all, it was tremendous and as far as I know, everyone went away happy. 73, John,? W4AWM ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com
