Timonium hamfest 2011 and antenna work

jeff — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:01:03 +0000

Another Timonium hamfest has come and gone.
Buyer turnout seemed pretty good, vendor turnout was slightly thinner than last year, although there seems to have been more tailgating than years past. Most likely due to better weather. I didn’t see too many capital expenses being made although I heard someone talking on the local repeater net saying he sold an entire silent key’s vintage Collins station. Laurie got a chance to use her new HT, which I was sure she really enjoyed keeping up with everyone. No large purchases this year, simple odds and ends and new antennas for our HT’s, but we got a chance to meet up with the 1900 guys from as far out as Pittsburgh and South NJ. Overall another successful hamfest! Can’t wait till next year![simage=464,576,n,center,][simage=465,576,n,center,]

The following day, Laurie and I made some adjustments to our 2 meter stack by adding a tilt-over base which allowed me to change the polarity on the cubical quad. Now I can get into N2KEJ’s repeater in South Jersey.[simage=463,576,n,center,][simage=462,576,n,center,]

Collins AM Transmitter

jeff — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:13:53 +0000

While we were at Dayton Hamvention 2010, I saw an old Collins AM transmitter for sale on the back of someone’s pick-up truck. While doing a little googl’ing today I found Mike, W8BAC who has one in his basement collection.

Here’s Mike’s website.
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Timonium hamfest 2011 and antenna work

Collins AM Transmitter