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On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:10:57 UTC, "gianfranco"
wrote: I live in Italy and some years I went to visit Dayton hamvention . Really impressive for me coming from Europe . Now I would know if there are in the USA other similar hamfests where and some comments from the american collegues . My wish is to try to visit some other hamfest . Thenks for your help Gianfranco A large regional hamfest is the farfest this weekend. It's also called the Gaithersburg hamfest. Speaking of Gaithersburg, if you google for "R-9xx Collins", you'll get a page that discusses the fabled R-390A that had a factory built LED digital display in place of the Veeder-Root mechanical counter. About 30 years ago I saw one of these for sale at Gaithersburg. It wasn't a homebrew job, the vendor had the manual for it, I recall that he fanned it and showed folks the circuit diagrams. That's diagrams, plural. So you Collins types, a piece of trivia, the "R-9xx" is real. I was "this close" to it. I wonder where it is today. I bet that an R-9xx would make an SX-88 or KW-1 look cheap. an aside, at Berryville a few weeks ago, a fellow had both an HF-380 and a beater KWM-2. This thing had a binding PTO, was missing tubes, and the cabinet that looked like it had been hammered by elves. After mulling it over, I'm interested in the M-2, if anyone knows the seller, a 3 from Pennsylvania, I'd like to dicker with him. de ah6gi/4 email is my call without the /4 at attglobal.net Thanks! |