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Subject: Re: [motm] Hamvention

From: Tentochi <tentochi2003@...>
Date: 2003-03-21

http://www.hamvention.org

My 16 - 18th this year.

Old Crow hit the nail on the head. This is the mother off all of them.
People come from all over the world to buy and sell.

A buddy got a Kurzweil 2500S Rackmount for $250 there 5 or 6 years ago.

My Emu modular came from there.

Anything you want. And a lot more you don't. Infinite amounts of
electronic parts and tools.

I will be going this year.

While you are there, definitely check out one of the greatest museums
in the world--for free!

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum


--Shemp

> I was wondering if any of you midwesterners on the list might know if
>
> anything resembling what they used to call - a "Ham-Radio/Surplus
> Electronics/Parts Fair still exist. I remember going to one way
> back (around '90) up in Grayslake, IL, at the county fairgrounds. I
> got so much cool stuff, components, tools, etc...for amazingly low
> prices. Now that I'm back into this Dr. Diode Synth thing, it'd be
> great if these things were still happening. It's kinda like a used
> music store thing - you gotta spend a lot of time going through stuff
>
> but you can find treasures galore...
>
> Anybody got a clue about these?


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