Thunderbird Hamfest 2019
Thunderbird Hamfest 2019
One of my favorite hamfest did not disappoint me this year. I always find good bargains on tools and equipment at this hamfest.
My first purchase was an MFJ-267 1KW Dummy Load/Wattmeter. The seller had all of his equipment priced at the exact same point – $68.00. That seemed a good enough price that I did not even haggle over it. He said he just needed to get rid of some stuff…
I got it home and hooked it up, and it appears to work, though may need a calibration.
My next purchase was a 250 Watt dummy load. The seller of this item told me that he makes and sells these on Ebay for $35 or so. He was selling them here for $30, with a N to PL-259 adapter included. It looks like good workmanship, so I bought one. He says it will do 100 watts continuous, and 250 watts for 1 min on, 5 Min off.
Next, I found some old HP AC voltmeters for sale at $5.00 each. I picked up one True RMS voltmeter (HP-3400A) and one Averaging voltmeter (HP-400E). These are good for tuning up rigs, as they have the DB scale, and are calibrated in RMS values.
I plugged them in at home and brought them up slow on the variac. They seem to work ok, comparing them to another meter that I have. I just had to wriggle the scale knob a bit to get good reads sometimes. I’ll probably just need to clean contacts.
Finally, I found two ARRL Handbooks for my collection. 1949 and 1963. I like these old handbooks. They had great projects in them. I gave $5.00 for the pair.
So, another good haul this year!
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