skipp025 wrote:
Re: Dayton Hamvention and other Amateur Flea Markets/Events
As I've told a number of people - it looks like they
are trying to run it into the ground.
Why would you say that? As someone semi in the know about
the Previous 5 to 10 Dayton Flea Markets I've mentioned
Look at it this way: If the number of dealers drops, those with money
left over will be looking more at your lot. :-)
When I first went to Dayton 25 years ago or so, you had to 'fight' your
way in to see anything on the flea market tables. Now, you can do a
quick walk-by (quicker past the open
STeve Andre' wrote:
I strongly suspect that the price ramp up is to encourage more smaller
spaces and thus increase the diversity of equipment.
But it's just as possible that it will stifle vendor attendance and
result in even more open spaces - of which there were plenty the last
couple
Read the rest of my previous post. In years past, confirmations of
spaces was done the year before. This year, we can't even get a reply
from them, and it's less than two months away.
I've been attending Dayton since 1974. This year, I've had two folks
contact me to see if I had gotten my
any HD Truck shop has this in a huge can, also check NAPA, you may
check the auto parts stores also in their Chemical Adhesives
asile. you may want to consult the MSDS Sheet in case anyone has a
chemical allergy.
mark
Robert Brown wrote:
Hey guys
Name here is Bob VE1BFX just
I think you have to look at it as a discount for the little guy, or
better yet, a subsidization paid by the larger dealers. The premise
being that the more tables you buy, the bigger dealer you are and
the more you can afford to pay. That way, they keep the price lower
for the individuals who
They musta been in a big hurry , I betcha it did not have what I wanted
any way ..
:-D
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Gotta wonder about folks who post "For Sale: All the cool junk in my
shed".
But.. No name. No call. No phone.
EmCommWest and the Hamfest/fleamarket are held here in Reno; this year it
will be May 6 7th. There has been talk of it moving somewhere else after
this year, Las Vegas, perhaps.
Richard, N7TGB
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From here, Reno is a nice 7 hour drive - Las Vegas is a whole
lot more.
I used to attend the Reno swapmeet by driving south the night
before, staying overnight in an off the strip motel and going
early the next morning. The Reno area really heats up (high
desert) by about 11am
Hey, Eric:
I had a full-blown duplex UHF IMTS way back when and it, too, had
a Secode system. It was about as automatic as one could get back then.
In full auto, it would locate an unused channel, lock on it and let you
know that it was time to dial. You could also go semi-auto and poke
around
Permatex makes a version of it and it is called Anti-Seize, usually in a
grey container and if it gets thick, just pour in and mix a little bit of
engine oil to thin it.
You should be able to get it almost any where.
Works great on everything.
Butch, KE7FEL
From: Mark A. Holman [EMAIL
Read the rest of my previous post. In years past, confirmations
of spaces was done the year before. This year, we can't even
get a reply from them, and it's less than two months away.
Probably true... but a number of glitches have happened to
the Dayton Club. They had to kick out the
Kevin Custer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been attending Dayton since 1974.
Man... I thought I was an old fart... (I actually
might be one) this explains much Kevin. You (and
I need professional help).
This year, I've had two folks contact me to see
if I had gotten my tickets yet, as
Hi Scott,
From what I understand, the additional space charges not
being discounted was done on purpose to keep (the many)
people/vendors in check regarding excessive space use
during the jam packed years.
When you have/had 25,000 plus people at an event, the
space rental was cheap to the
Same bat-room ...
Neil
Stay tuned, Same Bat Time... Same Bat Channel
cheers,
skipp
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May 06 will be a busy month:
Livermore, CA. LARK Ham Swap May 7
Emcommwest (Reno, NV.) May 67
Maybe the South SF Bay (what was the Foothill swap) May 13 (if the
weather and schedule permits)
IWCE Vegas May 16-19 (Commercial two-way radio Convention) Go to
meet Elvis...
Sacramento Ham
Dick,
You have pretty much described the primary feature of the IMTS (Improved
Mobile Telephone System). Although there were 11 channels available, even
large cities normally had no more than seven or eight assigned. One vacant
channel was always transmitting an idle tone, which all IMTS
Now Hold On guys..
I've been there every year since 1973never missed one !
and we'll be there this year :-)) This will be year 34
As a somewhat old Ham, I really appreciate them putting some
seating at the end of each row in the flea market.
I do miss the big tent at the left
Eric, in my humble opinion, the cellular system should have stayed analog.
From what I've read, the dropped call rate for digitals is about 8 times
that
of the analogs. The only advantage to going digital is thye ability to
crowd
more traffic onto a given bandwidth.
TNX for the infoi.
73,
I've said many times that the OR WA groups that put on ham conventions
flea markets could learn a lot from Dayton the California meetings.
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You guys up in Oregon and WA. don't do a
I have noticed that attendance is down a LOT at the hamfests around my area
(Chicago)...
After talking to some of the vendors, I have to agree that it is becoming
more of a coffee-klatch where old farts get together and shoot the bull
rather go to buy boat anchors. Even the commercial vendors
I also notice the Lack of Attendance by Sellers, Mark I live in N/W In and
just went to the Small Michigan City In Hamfest, Sat it Snowed and it was
more like a Garage sale, I could not even find a Few Radio parts I was
looking for that use to be common I did find parts for My kitchen sink, a
Sorry that Hamfest Post was to go direct to Mark, but what I said was True
and NO apologies for that.
73 De Don KA9QJG
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At 3/26/2006 09:52, you wrote:
May 06 will be a busy month:
Dayton May 19-20 Brauts and smoke from the hot dog tent.
I think the Sunday morning Dayton brats will become a tradition for
me. I'm not a brat person (I'm not I'm not), but there's something about a
brat for breakfast on the last
My first Dayton was in 1969. Saturday was the only day. We parked about 3
or 4 rows away from the main entrance at about 10 in the morning and closed
the show around 5pm. The arena was the only area used I believe. The big
dealers were Drake, Mosley, Cushcraft, Collins, Swan among others
Hello all from Adam Kb2Jpd
Just returned from the Timonium Hamfest over at the Maryland
Fairgrounds in Maryland. It was a decent size hamfest and there was
plenty of stuff to buy, swap and take home.
There was the eBay effect - I call it when a vendor is selling a item,
and had priorly
Skipp,
How would inflating the prices be a good thing? This Hamfest is much
higher that any other I have ever been to! Granted, it is the largest but
does that make it right for the to double the charge for one more fleamarket
space? $70.00 for one space is really high enough, I don't
I have a Mastr II chassis that apparently a group of mice were living in
without permission and without paying rent (is there such a thing as a
mouse crack house?). Anyway, if anyone wants it, let me know before
before 10 PM EST tonight else it goes out for the morning trash. It's
just the
Sure, I have attended several Pacific Division ARRL Conventions
- each one has had its peculiar screwups ... one of those I don't
think they'll ever catch on to.
I have attended a few Southwest Division ARRL Conventions ...
one I attended in the early seventies, was as mis-matched as
It is interesting to go to the Northwest Division conventions hamfests
hear the attendees talk about how large the convention is or how good it is.
These comments make if obvious they have never been to any REAL conventions
hamfests.
Sea-Pac is a prime example of this issue.
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One of the nice things about the local convention and hamfests
in the northwest is the lack of the higher costs of travelling
further to the distant events.
Just my opinion, I know, but costs (fuel prices, hotel rooms etc.)
aren't getting any cheaper.
John, have you ever
I live in NW Ohio, near Toledo, and I waited until Thursday evening
to email the Michigan City hamfest coordinator to ask for table spaces.
I got them - he wasted no time in getting back to me, to get me to show
up. THIS kind of effort deserves to be noticed about the smaller swaps.
YEAH
things were snipped
Lack of communication - what a concept in the radio world!?!
I've had the same circumstance twice now since the club took back the
actual running of the hamfest - Two years in a row, I tried to get spots
for myself in the flea market, with no return response from
Paul:
Perhaps it is logical to conclude that the escalating flea market costs
are to discourage big vendors coming in and taking all the spaces from
small vendors and so encourage more small vendors. Of course, a small
vendor is a relative thing at Dayton. Still, I know people who buy flea
Neil-
No, I have never attended CES or IWCE or APCO. NONE of those groups are
amateur radio gatherings.
I have attended the following amateur radio gatherings: Dayton Hamvention
(MANY times), Foot Hill College Swap meets, about 3 ARRL National Conventions.
I have also attended (non-amateur
Hi John ...
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Neil-
No, I have never attended CES or IWCE or APCO. NONE of those
groups are amateur radio
Jeff, Sounds like a good piece for recycling. You should be able to get a
couple of bucks from the metal recycle guys.
Vincent N6OA
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Jeff,
Pull the cabling harnesses out, and throw it in the dishwasher.. I used to
do that with old Collins gear when I worked in radio repair. You just gotta
be careful how much dishwashing detergent you use... not fun when all the
resistor bands disappear! Do it right and it will come out
Yea, I stopped after 3 ARRL National Conventions because they were so VERY
boring.
I don't need IWCE or APCO for repeater building supplies. Dayton and Ebay
supply pretty much all I need.
Thanks for the info on the Metrum II.
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Herold,
I agree that it would be a ton easier with a network analyzer.
What happened in my case was the loop in the PD-1173 can was about
8.5 inches long (8.5 down and 8.5 back up). It seemed that was way
longer as compared to what was seen in other bandpass cans. After
reading the theory
Skipp,
This was a Motorola Service Shop in West Texas. They were trying to get
into the wireless Internet business and went first class, new trucks and
all. They only lasted about 6 months.
The main thing I would be selling is the Motorola Service manuals,
everything from Micors to Syntors and
Dwayne,
I have a HP-8753E, and a HP8753C.. bring your toys to Manassas during
business hours, and we can take a look at it.
73
Mike
K5JMP
www.k5jmp.us
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Paul Finch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Skipp,
How would inflating the prices be a good thing?
It's probably not a good thing. From what I understand it was
done to discourage people from overkill hogging of space when
the flea market was greatly impacted. Many of us know people
who rent the
Paul Finch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Skipp,
This was a Motorola Service Shop in West Texas. They
were trying to get into the wireless Internet business
and went first class, new trucks and all. They only
lasted about 6 months.
The wifi guys out here on the West Coast are beating each
Joe,
I think you hit the nail on the head, when I was there two years ago I heard
that the family that owns the complex really did not want to be in that kind
of business and wanted to sell it to a land developer. I have no idea if
that true but several people said the same thing. It's really
What happened in my case was the loop in the PD-1173
can was about 8.5 inches long (8.5 down and 8.5 back
up). It seemed that was way longer as compared to what
was seen in other bandpass cans. After reading the
theory page on Repeater-Builder from John Portune W6NBC,
he says it really
Kevin,
Sorry about being the one that started this thread, it's not really the
correct message board for it. See below for a link to a Hamfest group.
I understand last years Hamvention was the first in years that it did not
rain, I was not there, I was the year before and I was not able to get
Scott,
OK, I will go along with that but I am not a big dealer but I learned two
years ago when I was there with nothing sold on Saturday due to rain you
have to be under a tent. That along would take at least three slots.
Paul
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What is your space number at Dayton? (if you know yet)
Joe M.
Paul Finch wrote:
Skipp,
This was a Motorola Service Shop in West Texas. They were trying to get
into the wireless Internet business and went first class, new trucks and
all. They only lasted about 6 months.
The main
Just a
comment, the Weatherford Hamfest has been down in vendors for the last two
years. This year I think there was at least 30% less than two years
ago!
Paul
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Joe,
I may not go, I still have the application on the computer but can't decide.
I guess it's sort of my own little protest about the pricing, I also have a
invitation to go to IWCE in Las Vegas during the same time frame. I may got
to the Belton Hamfest that's coming up instead.
If your
Hi,
I am the new repeater trustee for our club, the Connecticut Valley FM
Association.
I am investigating a project to replace our aging Spectrum repeater on top of
Mt. Ascutney,
here in Vermont. It's a very basic set-up, but is showing it's age.
I would REALLY like to implement a weather
Hello Group,
Anyone out there own or has worked on a Mirage D1010 repeater amp
70cm 10 watt in 100 watts out, can't get the one I have to work
been sitting in my cellar for awhile, took 440 repeater down a few
years ago now trying to get things to back up and running again,
Thanks again
hi
well it is a bit o-t.
i want to paint my antenna black,it is a flat black.
i know there is a advise too not buy paint with iron in it or something
about it,,,
because of the swr involve when you paint it,
if i remember this is a bit special paint for antenna ,,
anyone have the or one company
On the contrary - many of the repeater items I buy are at Dayton.
Side topic: Does anyone have any ham band Motorola or GE channel
elements for sale? (by ham band, I mean crystalled on ham freqs)
Also, only Micor era or newer - no Motrac, Motran, or T-power.
I'm also looking for ANY VHF GE PLL
skipp025 wrote:
Paul Finch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Skipp,
How would inflating the prices be a good thing?
It's probably not a good thing. From what I understand it was
done to discourage people from overkill hogging of space when
the flea market was greatly impacted. Many of us know
Hey guys,
Just my two cents worth.
http://www.hamvention.org/ticket06.htm
Scroll down about two or three page lengths.
We will start to mail out tickets April 1, 2006.
I am NOT affiliated with Dayton at all. I just thought that this might help
answer some questions.
Hope to see you
Reminds me of my garage ...
Neil
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Skipp,
This was a Motorola Service Shop in West Texas. They were trying
I like discussing it here !!! and am not about to subscribe to
yet another remailer.
Neil - WA6KLA
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:17:22 -0600
Kevin,
Yea Kevin; Right on Paul !!
Hey Boys, go and play your trumpet somewhere else,
it's clogging up my bandwidth.
CUL John
On 27/03/2006 1:17:22 PM, repeater-builder@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Kevin,
Sorry about being the one that started this thread,
it's not really the
correct message board for
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