Photos from the 2025 Fort Wayne hamfest.

2025
Nov
17

This is the last hamfest of the season for me. It’s usually pretty good, and this year was no exception - there was a smaller, but still decent amount of things to see. This one is far enough away that I didn’t see the same vendors as the locals.

Here’s what I saw at the show:

A lineup of rapidly vanishing boat anchors.

A seldom seen Squeezebox Boom. It went home with me.

A decent induction plate at a good price.

Too bad these take unobtanium batteries.

The Magnavox in the back was probably made nearby.

I bet you never thought you'd see radios!

Some Select-A-Tennas. These aren't mid-century.

The soldering iron and stand went home with me.

Anyone remember those early sound devices?

A very cool, but probably unrepairable Tek rack.

Remember Wang? They made minis and WP systems.

We thought this was a MASCO unit at first.

I always pick up appliance modules when I see them.

My fellow show-goer and I are probably going to put this one on a semi-regular basis. The long drive and relatively high admission fee (the venue charges you to park as well) factored into that decision. But, we’ll go if time allows and we feel like it, so there still may be photos next year.

The next show is the Scott Antique Market here in Columbus, at the state fairgrounds / expo center. This one is more of a, well…antique show, but old electrical equipment and antiques are really the same thing. It’s a chance to get out of the house after the holiday and wander around, as well as pick up some chocolate-covered things from the booth that usually appears at the front of the show.

See you there!

(I’ve adjusted the photographic quality a little…if they don’t look good, please let me know on mastodon or LinkedIn.)

Posted by bryan in 09:09:03 in Events
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