Perth Hamfest - Page 1
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author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 29, 2013, 06:48:24 am
content: For anyone in the Perth WA area,the Hamfest is on again:Sunday,4th AugustNorthern Corridor Radio Group Hamfest Cyril Jackson Rec CentreFisher st Ashfield 6054Doors open at 9am for buyers,& 7:30am for sellers (I guess you'll all be buyers!)Admission is $5.00,refreshments & drinks are available.When it comes to test equipment,I can best quote from the "Rivers" clothing store ad:"There may be plenty or there may be none!"if you are in this neck of the woods,it's worth a visit,the Hams are a friendly bunch,& you may be surprised at how high tech some of the things they get up to are!Get there early---it's a long way to carry a Tek 7000 series,or other large device if you are parked down near Guildford Road.

author: N TYPE
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2013, 04:52:43 am
content: I came along with my little boy, It looked like you had a pretty good turnout. I saw plenty of old radios for sale, some grab bags of vintage style components, an STK500 dev kit for $50. But didnt see much in the way of test gear unfortunately. There was an old HP 5410 digital cro and an HP frequency counter of similar vintage and some other bits and pieces.I left empty handed but was nice to go along for a look.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2013, 05:12:52 am
content: Yeah,there wasn't a lot of test gear around,although one bloke had quite a few Signal Generators(I bought an old Leader LSG-11 from him for $15).He also had a BWD 502,which I was tempted to buy for parts to fix my 511,& a very pretty little Cossor analog 'scope----it was a fairly capable looking device,with delayed timebase,multiple channels,etc,& was marked 40MHz.My mate Tom,who has a very wide knowledge of all things Cossor,said that was probably a bit ambitious,a bit more like 35MHz was more likely.Still,I was very tempted------itwasa very pretty instrument!!I think it was the same stall that had a HP RF power meter complete with test heads----I'm not familiar with the model,so didn't take a lot of notice.The next door stall to that had a PC based spectrum analyser set up being fed from an old LSG-11,but there wasn't much information.I saw the HP5410,& thought about it for a moment,but I wasn't really tempted.Another bloke had a two channel analog 'scope for $15,but it had some knobs missing,& was a Dick Smith or similar type.Did you see the AVO Model 8?----He wanted $100 for it,with no leads but original leather carrying case!I ended up putting on my "Ham" face,& blowing the rest of my dough on an Icom IC575A two band (6m/10m) all mode transceiver at $250,plus a beef roll & a coffee--caught up with all my old cronies & had a good chat.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2013, 06:07:35 am
content: There's also a amateur radio club market day in Hamilton New Zealand on the 17th AugustSaturday August 17th, 2013Waikato Table Tennis Stadium Edgecumbe StreetVendors from 8.00 amBuyers from 10.00 amTable space at $20 per metre pre-paid$25 per metre on the dayAll enquiries to: Market Day,Hamilton Amateur Radio Club,PO Box 606, HamiltonE-mail: harcmday@nzart.org.nzWeb: zl1ux.org.nz/market_day.html