Glad you saw Rob.  You may remember that we were in the same class at 
The Seeing Eye when I bought my new cheap PaoFeng rig.--Matt, N1IBB.

At 08:15 PM 7/21/2014, Buddy Brannan wrote:
>What a trip that was!
>
>Only saw a couple of blind hams there besides me and Rob, KB5UJM.
>
>There was this guy with his guide dog. =85 We won=92t talk about that.
>
>But then I saw Betsy and Barb, K1EIC and K1EIR and Anne K1STM.=20
>
>And visited with the guys at Elecraft and the Morse Telegraph Club and =
>others.
>
>But then, besides operating W100AW, Rob and I got to do something really =
>really cool!
>
>Joe let us pull the big switch=85and Old Betsy, HPM=92s old spark rig, =
>roared to life.=20
>
>Unfortunately, the points were kind of dirty, so the spark wasn=92t very =
>strong.=20
>
>Still, who gets to crank up a 100-year-old spark rig? More importantly, =
>The Old Man=92s 100 year old spark rig? At The Old Man=92s actual desk? =
>With The Old Man=92s actual key?=20
>
>Now that right there probably made my ham radio millennium.=20
>
>Buddy, KB5ELV