oh yes, I was going to mention that as well, hamfests seem to be over
whelmed these days with good quality commercial gear.  This is due to the
recent changes in regulations regarding the commercial bands...the narrow
bandwidth that some of the commercial radios were unable to do...so there
are tonnes of radios that are usually going very cheaply.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: ham fests


> I could probably have a ton of fun at an event like that. I haven't been
to
> one in a long time but I know people who came home from one this weekend,
> they came home last night that made out alright, over in Deerfield NH.
They
> got commercial radios for their ventures in 900 MHz among other things,
but
> they told me I'd have had some fun up there. I was going to go but things
> came up, maybe next time though I'm starting to doubt that I'll ever make
it
> to that one.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 2:47 PM
> Subject: ham fests
>
>
> > Hi;
> > Just returned from a local ham fest.  Never saw such a pile of
> > semiworthless
> > trash in my life.  I think the most current radio for sale was a ts830.
> > Have everyone else experienced similar situations?  They also had
bunches
> > of
> > used lap tops that were in need of repair.
> > Richard
>
>
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