Kutztown This Weekend

[ekimetsok]

Anybody going besides me? I'll be in my usual location on the fifty yard line. Be sure to bring along samples of the knobs you"re looking for.

[Ron Ramirez]

I'd love to go to this meet one of these days...this weekend is out of the question for me, however.

[ekimetsok]

Too bad, Ron. Kutztown (PA) is Philco country, and cat swinging isn't even necessary. Maybe you can make it out to the September meet instead.

[Texasrocker]

Hello Mike! Pls post results of the Kutztown meet?

[ekimetsok]

Overall, attendance appeared to be down a bit, particularly on Saturday. We were blessed with glorious weather both days. More overnight campers than usual too. There was clearly something there for everybody. I set up Thursday evening and glad I did. Nothing more stressful than showing up Friday AM, only to be bombarded with buyers while trying to get set-up. Since I am a knob vendor exclusively, by 1:30 Friday afternoon, I'd already surpassed my greatest Kutztown weekend ever! Economy and eB** be damned. Este's Friday night auction had some interesting consignments, including a Sparton Bluebird ($2k) and a Fada Bullet that went for $900. As a Philco Phan, the buy of the night was a very clean and complete 37-650 console that sold for $65...quite the bargain. The flea market appeared to sport more "barn-fresh" items than usual and were attractively priced. John Hagman has posted an excellent photo album from the event on the AR Forum. A good time had by all.

[Texasrocker]

Thanks for the report on the Kutztown meet Mike! Wish I lived closer indeed! Bet you guys had a blast! There are a few meets here in Tx as I understand, but I havent attended any as of yet. There is one Hamfest, in the Midland/Odessa area each yr, only 110 mi away from me, that I want to checkout sometime. I hear those ol-farts are lots of fun to visit at their meet/ swap/ tailgate hamfest party! They bring all kinds of vintage gear as Ive heard, from old tube transmitters/receivers, vintage tube radios, old test equip, boxes of parts, etc.
I hear the best-time of day to showup at the M/O hamfest, is after 4:00 pm, when its really hot outdoors, those guys will swap parts for ice-cold beer, even up!! One of my oldtimer tube radio-tech friends (79 yrs young now) attended last yr, and traded a cold 12-pk of Miller Lite,for a large box of good vintage tuning-condensers, before his drive back home. He even found a few vintage vernier-mechanical drives in the box also, and several good matching vintage knobs. He has invited me to go before, but I havent had the spare time yet. This IS a Great Hobby indeed!! Very glad you had a great time, & sales were good for you!! Thanks again for the report Mike!! Take care!!
Sincerely, ol TxRockr.