2019 AMGT Swap meet Hamfest Sturgis Michigan Fun Antique Radio event
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2019
- Welcome to the 2019 AM Get together, hosted by Gary, KI8BQ. This is his 17th event. A great time to share the hobby with amateur friends. We all come together for the same reason. Enjoy the hobby, spread the wealth. This is an annual event. We would love to see new faces. Our mission is to promote this hobby.
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Love your technical videos. Radios, Amplifiers, gear etc. All great stuff. Lose the hat Terry
Great video! Gives Me hope.
I follow yours videos and I am learning a lot.
Congratulations !!!!!!!
São Paulo - Brazil
Last hamfest I went to was the BIG ONE at Dayton. That was 2012. Fun to go, and bought some great gear. Never owned an HQ-129x, but, have a super HQ-140x that l still love. Thanks for the walk-thru!
Haven't been to a swap meet in years, thanks for bringing me along!
So many beautiful boat anchors! Wish I had been there with a fat wallet.
LOVE the Olds Aurora! One of the most beautifully designed cars GM ever made along with the Buick Riviera of the same era.
While I myself have some legacy with the hams I couldn't help but notice the lack of younger people in attendance. It is my hope that 20 years from now this new generation of electronics hobbyist and experimenters will strive to keep this great tradition alive! I also believe that the hams will still be the first responders in the event of any emergency or disaster. Further, it is refreshing to see the great amount of kindness and respect within this community.
Most of the younger hams I know are more playing with V/UHF and as well as digital modulation and VOIP linking. Give 'em time...
Great coverage of a fun event! I wish I'd been there! Thanks, Terry!
Well I missed another one... Damned work schedule... hopefully I can make it next year. Looks like it was a great time. Saw some boatanchors that I would have liked to bring home. Maybe its better I didn't.. .lol Thanks Gary for hosting this great AM gathering!
Really good to see the Boss and helper join you ib the show.
Great fun! Lot a grey hair and beer bellies(like mine)....no wine bellies though! Fun vid
Enjoyed your presentation. I'm kinda surprised that no one had a working system!
I think the only way to keep these old rigs in service and bring in the new blood is by first making them competitively priced, for some of the price tags on those items would make new hammies with money to burn go online and get a QRP rig or some medium range stuff knowing it's new and it has all the latest functionality, then upgrade to the newest thing or just leave it on the shelf after the fad fades away.
I know back in the day these old rigs would go for alot and there's sentimental value involved but the resale value on some of this stuff is astronomical (30+ year old gear), especially for someone wanting to get their toes wet and not fully commit or who have a very limited disposable income.
These types of people who are willing to repair and learn are more likely to continue in the hobby and keep vintage/antique equipment serviceable and plus encouraging other after market companies to provide support and parts keeping the blood flowing, as some comments have mentioned, some gear will get passed down then sold at dirt cheap prices (from extreme prices)or thrown out in the end.
What a nice bunch a folks including D-lab of course.
I bot a whole garage full of stuff dating from WW2 to the 50's a few years back. Probably 4-5 of those black radios at 19:58. I gave all but one away and built a tube matcher on the last one.
Wanted to go lots of AM stars in video, thanks for doing it. Gonna come with a working Broadcast transmitter some year but need 240v @ 30A to demo KC8ZUL
Sure beats the hell out of Hot August Nights hands down.
I love Her drain the swamp Decal lol i miss the swap meets gonna have to go soon
I saw that on the back of the truck window...super. My condolences on the passing of her father ! R.I.P. K8GEG !
Nice!! Good fun... :-)
The best ham meet video I have ever seen, too many brush bye skip tables and take footage from a distance......well done!
Wow , i have a friend i went to school with here in up state NY who lives in Sturgis he works at the Morgan Olson Trunk Plant . Smart dog hope he found you some goodies
Thanks for another great show Terry. We just do not get this in eastern NC.
Yes Sir, it was big fun, lots of nice vintage rigs
Cathy is cute!
Just found you . WoW great video i'm not a radio guy the only old radio we have is a ZENITH black face it has on the face stander broadcast it wood it turns on the tubs light up on the back it looks like the back cover is gone but there is a #18F an on the bottom of the back 88832 ? Your group looks like some good souls that made us . I use to collect antique fishing gear an got this radio then just for the home to look at 20 years ago. Makes me want to get it going i think i have to get some kind of antenna for it . Anyway Thank You for Your Help an Time ! After this i found it is a 1942 Tabletop radio model 6S632 .How can i put a antenna on it ?
Wow you guys have some wonderful old gear i should come over from Australia and load up a container .
I don't know what the Hamfests and swap meets are like over there but the ones here in NZ have got to the point where it's hardly worth travelling the distance to attend. I'd really like to go to some of these US events!
Appears to be one close community.
I suppose they didn't buy much, because they already bought the things they wanted from each other years ago.
Bringing in some new folks can help boost the sales.
I didn't know this was even a thing. Is there a web page for this event so I can watch for information next year?
I'm missing out. How do you find these swap meets? I wish I was in Sturgis right now. They have the last Hot'n'Now in the world.
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one thing that stands out is --most people are mid+ age!! I included seems like a slow dying hobby/obsession of great old gear me included it,s a real shame that another 30-50 years it will be all gone apart from museum displays & just digital signal ping ponging on air with no idea how it works as is whats happening now
I will say this to you. You have little idea just how spot on correct you are. When folks like me and the guys shown here are gone, radio
is WE the geezers know it will die. Vacuum tubes WTF are those ? I said very much as you a few years ago in response to someones
question about radio as a hobby. As i have said and will continue to say, it is the rise of the smartphone - an oxymoron ! that plays a large role in this. Listen, i get it. They can do really cool things and are a marvel of tech. But this is due to popularity alone - and money.You do not get the cool stuff without paying for it. Mark my words. This is a takeover of massive proportions. They are almost in all hands as of now. How better to control a population than by willing participation. Pardon my verbs. It is very bad shit !!
When you put a powerful computer in ALL hands, that they take with them everywhere ALL the time. It creates an opportunity
that will not be overlooked. And it is not at all for the greater good. If you buy that shit you are a fool. Rant over.
nice white transport we have a red 95..they run an run
Hi Terry. Your wife's name, Marcia is pretty Brazilian name. Regards.
nice
Does it make you old by remembering getting two floor model radios together at night to hear real stereo one radio one half and the other broadcasting the other half simultaneously.
Were there such broadcasts back in the day? I remember Quad broadcasts back in the early 70s that required two stereo tuners!
@@dhpbear2 I remember this as a kid - 8 pm waiting for the two stations to come on together and make stereo magic for an hour,
That was a short lived method of stereo, 1960-61 I think. By April 1961 stereo FM was settled in the USA.
The Collins transmitter under the R388 is a 32V-2. What did you get?? KØOJ
I bought a Ranger from Cathy. Nice one
Looks like a good ol boy way of hanging out with like minded folks. They don't do much stuff like this anymore really......call me old fashioned but dang it man, I miss stuff like this and I'm a guitar player and tube amp junkie and. don't work on this stuff but I know quite a bit about this older kinda stuff and appreciate what it represents .....that may sound like a crazy statement but I think it's a true one at that!!...PLUS look at that feast!!! Throw in some NW Montana CHERRIES and pass out from the gizmo flavor...THE BEST period!!!!
I would like to contact kathy that is selling the Collins Transmitter 32v-2. If you know how to reach her let me know
17:11 - I see that guy brought a Doctor's Scales!
Was he selling his stuff by WEIGHT?
sparky barky
A hamfest without a Viginia Ham and a little wine? O well it's fun anyway right?
Tell Terry#2 no more Advanced Class licenses... (didn't they go away the same time as code testing...? I forget...).
That one guy was so right. "There ain't no money changing hands". Because most of these guys will just pass this equipment on to their heirs. And the heirs will junk it or sell it for pennies on the dollar. Ain't no one trying to forward the HAM craft, they're trying to make a buck. But, who can blame them?? Right??
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But is it a true swap without April slinging organic dog treats?
macrossactual Ah, you know what you’re talking about. 🤣
10:19 I'm sorry.