Having owned 3 of them they are ONLY 125 lbs
Yeah, never realized how lucky I was or what a favor you did me, Carl.
Rob, your HT-20 is the first case of the distorted pot metal bezel I've seen, though I've heard of more than a few on the SX-88s. Makes you wonder why they'd build some of the highest quality gear Hallicrafters ever made, then go cheap on the bezel. There had to have been ample examples of failed mixes even back then.
BTW, of the original 3 founders of NEAR-Fest, 2 are AMers and the third certainly a fan if not active participant. And of the 9-10 team members now, three are solid AMers, so the 'AM Feel' is no coincidence. There are even a couple of YCCC contesters on the team, but they're not the rabid type you hear on the air, basically decent guys who also enjoy radio and old time hamfests. The AM crowd have always been a hands-on lot, which translates well into making the gears mesh in an event like this.
It'd be easier with a slice of Ma Bigelow's berry pieee.....
Everything is easier with Ma B's pie. No idea why, but you made me think of you and HUZ sitting out on the front steps last October peeling taters for the last party. Still wish I'd gotten at least *one* shot of that!
It's as though I was there.
Uh....that's because....you....were? At least for most of it. And even though you missed dinner in VT, you still managed to score some pie. Mom must like you better.
My biggest regret is that I didn't break out the camera at PJP's place and get some shots of his big tower and all the beautiful radio in his shack. Bonehead move on my part.
Same here. Left mine sitting in your car, later my spare batteries got buried up in one of the many boxes of schtuff. Between his tower site and radio room at home, the 'PJP visit is something you really gotta see to believe.
I'd like to add for Jack and others, that it was Steve's cruiser that made the delivery of the HT-20 and other goodies. I just helped out with the pre-planning/organizing/loading on this end. Steve had handled the arrangements for Slab's plate iron in advance, making the AM Pony Express work smoothly. Quite honestly, if we don't need it 'yesterday', we're foolish not to use these events as well as each other to move heavy gear around. It negates the FedEx/USPS/UPS crunch effect.