The 50th annual Fort Wayne Hamfest is happening this weekend. This is an excellent show, and is indoors - no parking lot to get rained (snowed?) out. See you there!
Where:
Fort Wayne Hamfest
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
4000 Parnell Ave
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
When:
November 19 and 20, 2022
9AM-4PM
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Unfortunately, one of my co-workers generously gave me a cold, which was amplified by working in a dirty, mold-filled building. I’m sorry I didn’t get to attend this one, but it’s on my list for next year.
The last one in the area that I usually attend, the Ft. Wayne show is indoors and doesn’t get rained out. It’s usually a good portion of the day show, and I’ve never regretted the drive.
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The 50th Annual Fort Wayne Hamfest
November 19th and 20th, 2022
9A-4P Saturday, 9A-2P Sunday
Admission $8, Parking $8
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
4000 Parnell Ave
Fort Wayne, IN 46805.
The day wasn’t looking promising. While it didn’t rain up there, the overall mood of the show was somewhat depressed as the threat of weather kept people away. I was told by a person that did attend that the show was still decent. So perhaps next year.
I did manage to make it to an antique engine show the day before, and will post those pictures soon. The next, and probably last radio show that I’ll try and attend this year is in Fort Wayne. Stay tuned for that information!
This is always an excellent show, and is a “Dayton without the Dayton prices.” If you’re looking for something and it’s not here, chances are you didn’t need it!
Tickets, as always, are $10, and can be bought in advance (print it yourself) online. This year, it falls on Sunday, September 11th, and is usually a hot day. See you there!
Where:
Hancock County Fairgrounds
1017 E. Sandusky St., Findlay, OH 45840
This year’s show was a bit muted - the sky threatened rain all day, and it did rain in several locations around the city. Fortunately, it held off at the Aladdin Shrine Temple, but still kept things low key. More vendors showed up as the morning went on, and the inside of the building was still fairly well packed as usual.
There was enough to keep me and a friend busy for almost 3 hours, and we found ourselves going back and forth as new people arrived. A few things I probably should have walked out with, but I have to be kind of choosy because I have too much junk already. Oh well…there’s always Findlay in a month!
A Mac Plus with a SCSI HDD (kind of buried.)
A Wonderful old speaker. Had a transformer and Selenium rectifier in it as well.
A small Panasonic radio in excellent condition. Just a minor amount of battery gunk.
A relatively new Triplett VOM. No 22.5VDC batteries here!
A Precision Tube Tester. Need to break down and buy one soon.
A Rat Shack Iron Stand. Still had the receipt in it!
A SP0256-AL2 Allophone Processor Speech Chip in Rat Shack pack.
A loop and voltage calibrator. My co-shopper bought this.
The threat of rain kept things low key this year. Inside was still packed.
A signal generator made with fire bottles.
That Echophone radio in the middle wanted to go home with me, I had to say no.
A Skyrider Jr. Took this for $25. It works……………sort of……..
Just radio stuffs. Bought a bunch of weather radios here.
Need to vary some AC? A lot of it? Here you go!
This oddball had a military contract number on back.
The Columbus, Ohio Hamfest is happening this year on August 6th, same location as last year. It’s usually pretty good, and I’ve always pulled an excellent deal or two out of there.
When: August 6th, 2022. 8AM to 1PM or so
Where: Aladdin Shrine Temple - 1801 Gateway Circle, Grove City OH 43213
After being closed for two years, the amount of goodies that showed up this year didn’t disappoint. There was so much stuff it was hard to see it all in one day, and I missed some photos I should have grabbed. I probably should have went Saturday as well, but one day of this stuff is plenty - and there’s more shows to come.
It was hard to resist dragging junk home, but I only wound up with one large piece of equipment. It appears to be fully functional, so I’m happy with the $20 I spent on it. The rest of my purchases were books and tubes and some odds n ends, nothing really major.
As always, this was an experience from the sheer amount of stuff that shows up. Hopefully, next year will be just as good - see you there!
We thought it would rain the whole day.
But it cleared off.
Bought a Mikrotik hAP AC from here.
Computer gear is a staple.
Assorted items.
Lots of ISA cards.
A lot of unique old electronics devices.
10kV Oil Capacitors. Forbidden touch terminals!
Free stuff. I took some of the books home.
When you need a lot of power.
I love the front panels on these generators.
Wouldn't be complete without Bourbon Chicken.
Or some steak tips!
Speakers.
A carousel 8-track player.
Stuff. Lots of it.
They kind of did this out of the box.
A beautiful Philco Tombstone.
A R-388/URR Radio.
A BC-312-N Radio in great shape.
Assembly equipment.
A Heathkit Ignition Analyzer. One Owner!
Ubiquiti Rocket Dishes.
Regency scanners, must be a billion out there.
An Echophone (Made by Hallicrafters?) EC-1B.
A Mueler Bridge for precise resistance measurements.
Tunable filters.
W-J Equipment bonanza.
A cool looking tube tester and other equipment.
Sometimes it's about socializing.
A friend bought a radio from the stack.
A Hammarlund “Super Pro” radio and supply.
A Hammarlund SP-400-SX radio and supply.
Someone took a very old electrical panel apart.
The tube guy from Indiana.
Said to be from a screen-share startup company.
A camera that's seen some action.
Just a lot of equipment.
The two meters in front came home with me.
A Browning Eagle.
A Hot Wheels Radar gun.
Audio equipment. My EAS-1 came from here.
Old radio equipment was in supply.
A NOS TV-7D/U Tube Tester. $1200.00…..
Radios…radios everywhere.
Said to be the best use for these by the vendor.
My friend bought the broadcast clock in the middle.
An analog computer.
The only use for old hard drives.
An Atwater-Kent radio with their lovely ship logo.
I was really surprised how good this show was. Here’s my haul of junk treasure from the show. I took $200 and spent pretty much that. There were some other things I was eyeing, but had to leave them as they were mostly cool toys that had limited to no use. The only thing I wish had been there was a battery vendor so I could pick up a new battery pack for my two-way.
This is a show, barring other commitments, that I will attend next year as well.
Pictures of the main event coming shortly.
An Eico VTVM. Just a nice, big meter.
An RF Generator. Will replace a cheap unit that doesn't.
An Eico Capacitance Bridge for spare parts.
An HP DVM with bubble LEDs, and a wierd power supply. Both cheap!
An almost new Weller solder gun, a nice Panavise PCB unit, and my poor Yaesu FT-60 in the background wishing I found a new battery for it.
A neat RCA reference book and some parts from the dollar bins.
A portable Superior Tube Tester. It looks to have never been used.
My ticket. I'll stick this in a piece of equipment.
