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« on: August 05, 2024, 10:05:35 AM »

August 22nd through the 25th, the old Boxboro—relocated to Marlborough—convention and hamfest. Usually lots of sun and scorching hot blacktop—hope the current heatwave moderates a bit. Always a good show.
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« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2024, 12:00:54 PM »

Weather is looking superb for the 'fest; hope to see some AM'ers there!
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« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2024, 07:29:57 PM »

Good to see you, Wayne and Sylvia with her crochet microphone covers there today. I did not pick up much, but did find another coveted 50.4 FT243 crystal. (8400)
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« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2024, 09:04:50 PM »

  Yes, as always, it was great seeing you there, Larry. You do have a knack for finding those crystals; they always seem to elude me. I guess I'm too much like a puppy, so overwhelmed and excited by all the wonders—quick! run over here and bite this; run over there and sniff that; run down there and pee on those (I didn't pee on anything, I promise)—that I just don't have the patience to spend much time in one place looking at things in detail. I'm sure I miss a lot of good stuff like that.
  I didn't see a whole lot of regular AM'ers there, but we did spend some time conversing with the 'Tron. Sylvia tried to get him to buy a microphone cover, but he wasn't in a buying mood.
  I didn't make any huge purchases, but I did come home with a very nice looking—but only actual use will really tell—pair of Eimac 3-500Z's. A nice big Harris roller inductor; an unmarked fixed vacuum cap that measured out at 100pf, for $5; a brand-new looking plate transformer—3400v @1.5 amps—which tested perfectly on my bench, and a handful of RF chokes rounded out the day.
  While the actual air temperature and humidity were very reasonable, the expanse of hot blacktop and scarce breeze made it a bit uncomfortable.
  An excellent meal at Firefly's barbecue downtown made it an all around great day, and a tiring one, as well. Time for a good night's sleep!


Good to see you, Wayne and Sylvia with her crochet microphone covers there today. I did not pick up much, but did find another coveted 50.4 FT243 crystal. (8400)
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2024, 04:42:20 PM »

Looks like you did very well!
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« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2024, 11:12:39 AM »

Yes, you found some goodies indeed. The connector that I bought did NOT fit the GRC-9 power connector, it was just a guess anyway. Did find a few small needed items. Only saw Scott, W1NB and Timtron as far as other AMers. Yeah, that one is always an oven. See you at the next museum swapmeet. I hope I have time to gather up a pile of excess items. The event is getting bigger every time, we have organized the parking better for this one.
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