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More pics. Pallets and stacks of parts and u-fix units of all sorts. Check out the last pic - Johnson Desk Kilowatt, it's a ham radio transmitter and a 1KW amplifier built into a metal desk!

I went to Fair Radio a couple weeks back with a friend. I was all about going to post an update in my existing thread about Fair Radio, just posting up pics and whatnot, when I got an email from same friend. He heard that Fair Radio Sales, which has been a mainstay in the surplus and vintage...

I missed a couple hamfests recently due to work conflicts, but I finally got to one last Saturday in Manassas Park, VA. Figures the one I get to is small-ish and I was done there in about an hour. Next big one in this area is in early August, I hope work doesn't rear its ugly head for that...

A few more MV pics, and a couple non-MVs that made me smile, too!

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I didn't get an application for spots this year, but I went for the day on Friday, it's usually the biggest day and I like the auction held in the afternoon as well. I agree turnout was a little lighter than last time around, despite the weather being pretty good, compared to Thursday which was...

Will be there again with the little one and my CUCV. It'll be here before we know it!

Love the progress pics - your patience and metalworking skills are admirable! Subscribed!

Didn't get a vendor application from them this year, but I will be there either Friday or Saturday just buying more crap I don't need, and seeing my friends again as well. Looking forward to it!

Another good show this morning in Vienna, VA, last full day of winter and boy it was acting like it with wind chills in the 20s this morning. This show used to be over at the community college in Annandale, this is the first year at a local high school instead, but it looks like the move didn't...

I've got a set of the TM 11-5820.... Mil Spec Radio Gear books, they are excellent reads on all sorts of military radio gear from about Korean War era to the 90s. Well written and every ham should have a set of those books IMHO.

I looked around the net and found some pics of the TRC-75 in its intended purpose, as a forward air control radio jeep. The designations for the original setup were MRC-83 (installed in a M38A1) or MRC-87 (installed in a longer wheelbase M170 ambulance jeep). Here a couple pics I snagged off...

I hear you, papakb. COVID restrictions did nothing to help out the show scene, for a bunch of hobbies. The Richmond Frostfest was a great show that I looked forward to going to every year, big show every February, it hasn't returned yet. A lot of little shows have, but reduced attendance...

That's a helluva boat anchor you have there! Those TRC-75s are not too common, and yours looks pretty complete from what I can see. Even has most of the cabling. The TRC-75 was normally mounted in the back seat area of a M-38A1 or M-151 jeep, I believe the Marines mainly used it for...

Hey, I'm making a post the same day as the hamfest, something must be wrong with me. Another small fest south of me in Elkton, VA, a small town a few miles east of Harrisonburg VA. Once again, a small club gathering, VERY small since it was freezing outside this morning, there were only about...

I'm an idiot, I was just going through some pictures and I realized I took some at another show last June and forgot to post them up. Better late than never... June 2022, Manassas, VA. I was a little disappointed at this show - it used to be at the fairgrounds behind the ARNG armory on Sudley...

Went to the first hamfest of the year for me yesterday, it was a drive at over 2 hours for a small club-sized indoor swap meet in Harrisburg, PA. It was REALLY small, maybe 20 vendors, and a lot of stuff I wasn't interested in. However, I bought EVERY MILITARY THING at the meet! Which was...

Another weekend, another hamfest. This was from the Memorial Day hamfest in Howard County, MD, always a good show and good turnout if the weather is nice, and it was this weekend. I bought a few things there, but I made NO purchases of military gear at this show, there were only a few military...

Will be set up in my usual spot(s) with some odds and ends, books and general surplus. Nothing fancy. Be there from Thursday thru Saturday evening. Looking forward to seeing all my friends! Am looking for the following items: 2 x 20mm ammo cans 2 or 3 aluminum medical transit chests, any...

There should be signs on the roads around Graves pointing the way to where the main rally field is. It is in the field across the main road from the lodge. The race is on to get some final issues ironed out with the CUCV, it's in the shop now with some stalling issues that I don't have time to...