Hi.

The really scary thing is that I have to fight to keep from bringing that 
old crap home!  Especially if it says Hallicrafters or Hammarlund somewhere 
on the case.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 06:04 PM 7/25/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Hamfests in the midwest, near Chicago are changing as well.  We have
>a group of the old farts and I don't think they really expect to sell
>their equipment.  The "fests" are a social event and these folks
>spend all hamfest season together on most Sundays hanging out and not
>selling much equipment.  It's fun for them and I don't have to do
>anything but say hi to them, comment on some of the truly old gear
>that I used and remember fondly then go on down the line to the next table.
>I'm already one of those old farts, and if I could drive to the fests
>alone, I too might be guilty of bringing all that old, overpriced
>crap!!  But I don't think I would overprice it.  But that's my opinion!!
>Pat, K9JAUAt 05:00 PM 7/25/2006, you wrote:
> >our ham fests are now beginning to show true arosion.
> >We usually have at least 1 or 2 tables of ham fest sponsors such as our
> >local investors group, selling books, offering door prizes of an hour of
> >free financial councelling....and a free self help book on investing....they
> >even go so far as to bring in non hams to work the tables? an abomanation if
> >you ask me.
> >Also, our ham fest has the unseemly habit of allowing all the table buyers
> >to have first grabs on any of the stuff before the doors open...so if you
> >buy a table, you can have first shot at all the goodies before the masses
> >come in...this means all the guys who are selling their worthless junk and
> >computer garbage get to snap up the good radios and ham equipment or trade
> >it for their computer stuff...so by the time we poor peaons get to come in,
> >everything is pretty much crap and there are no good deals or good
> >radios/antennas, power supplies or anything of that nature left. and if
> >there are, they are way over priced.
> >I tend to  find that the ham fests around here have old farts who think
> >their garbage is worth its weight in gold and would rather pack it all back
> >home then deal on the selling price...so we end up seeing the same stuff
> >year after year after year cuz they refuse to sell it for reasonable prices.
> >I have only been going for 3 years, but i have heard from other hams, that
> >they have seen the same tables, with nearly the exact same equipment, over
> >priced, on them for ten years in some cases.
> >when you want $300 for a table top short wave radio, or $150 for a mag mount
> >5.8's wave that you can buy for $69 at the ham store, you aren't gonna sell
> >much.
> >73
> >Colin, V A6BKX
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 3:38 PM
> >Subject: not off topic
> >
> >
> > > Hi;
> > > Can't resist after a day at work.  Have you gone to any recent ham fests
> >and
> > > taken a look whether there are many decent radios or piles of 
> software and
> > > pc products?  I'm afraid the pc wins hands down based on my unscientific
> > > observations.
> > > As for the program to run your radio, I guess it depends upon the radio
> >and
> > > what run means.  Apparently you can download software from Kenwood but
> >never
> > > tried it or seen any list of key strokes.  Ham radio deluxe has gotten a
> >lot
> > > of interest and a list of keystrokes, some scripts or even a set file or
> >two
> > > might be nice.
> > > I will never be Mr. computer and I'm a bit reluctant to jump into
> >relatively
> > > uncharted waters.
> > > Richard
> > >

Louis Kim Kline
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