Photos from the 69th annual Breezeshooters Hamfest

Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 14:46:00

We weren’t sure what the day was going to bring, it looked decent but was promising rain later.

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While the rain did hold off, it started raining shortly after we left.

There was some good stuff at the show this year, with more of the kinds of things I go for than I saw at Dayton this year. I picked up more at this show, things I can actually use (and one project) so it was a pretty decent show. In all, I think the threat of rain kept some away, but there was a good turnout nontheless.

here’s what i saw at the show:

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An ignoble end to the Bell System.
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Some Atwater-Kent goodies.
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Right off the boat from Hong Kong.
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One of Heathkit's FM Deviation Meters. It was rough inside.
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A rather unusual piece of Heathkit equipment.
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A wonderful example of a “Majestic” style console.
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I can't remember what house brand this was.
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I took this one home.
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I also took this one home.
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A nice Heathkit bench supply w/manual.
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I took some banana plugs (not shown) home.
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Some cool old RCA component trays.
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A slide rule S-38.
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One of the few boombox devices I saw.
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More rat shack stuff.
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Boom? Boom.
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Some waveguide bits n bobs.





The Heathkit Distortion Analyzer came home with me, I have a better chance of getting this one operational than the EICO unit i had earlier. Stay tuned, that one will show up on the bench at some point!

Next show is Columbus, Ohio at the Shriners Temple on August 1st. See you there!

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